Effect of tip vortex on wing aerodynamics of micro air vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 535-545

  Viieru, Dragos ^a   Albertani, Roberto ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a   Ifju, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; ELECTRIC MOTORS; LIFT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHORD-WISE BATTENS; LIFTING LINE THEORY; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV); TIP VORTEX EFFECTS; WING ASPECT RATIO;

WINGS;

EID: 20744460200     PISSN: 10485953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-4971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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