Development of an airship for tropical rain forest canopy exploration

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1098, 2005, Pages 361-372

  Dorrington, G E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; HELIUM; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AERIAL PLATFORMS; HELIUM-FILLED AIRSHIPS; TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS; ULTRA-QUIET PROPULSION SYSTEMS;

AIRSHIPS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CRAFT; EXPLORATION; FORESTRY; HELIUM; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIMULATION;

EID: 25144448515     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000000798     Document Type: Article

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