Multifunctional structure-battery materials for enhanced performance in small unmanned air vehicles

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Division (Publication) MD

Volumn 98, Issue , 2003, Pages 289-292

  Thomas, James P ^a   Keennon, Matthew T ^b   DuPasquier, Aurelien ^c   Qidwai, Muhammad A ^d   Matic, Peter ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROVIRONMENT INC   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

MICRO-AIR VEHICLES (MAV); MULTIFUNCTIONAL DESIGNS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 1842525952     PISSN: 10716939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2003-41512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Qidwai, M.A., Thomas, J.P., and Matic, P., "Structure-Battery Multifunctional Composite Design", Paper #4698-19, Proceedings of SPIE, San Diego, CA, March 2002.
4. Thomas, J.P., Qidwai, M.A., Matic, P., Everett, R.K., Gozdz, A.S., Keennon, M.T., and Grasmeyer, J., "Multifunctional Structure-plus-Power Concepts", Paper #2002-1239, AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Denver, CO, April 2002.
5. Thomas, J.P., and Qidwai, M.A., "Multifunctional Structure-plus-Power Composites", Paper #1169, 14th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-14, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, San Diego, CA, July 2003.