Post-buckled precompressed (PBP) elements: A new class of flight control actuators enhancing high-speed autonomous VTOL MAVs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5762, Issue , 2005, Pages 111-122

  Barrett, Ron ^a,b   McMurtry, Ross ^a,c   Vos, Roelof ^a,b   Tiso, Paolo ^a   De Breuker, Roeland ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight Control; Grid Fin; MAV; Piezoelectric; Post Buckled Precompressed; UAV

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONTROL; GRID GIN; MAV; POST-BUCKLED PRECOMPRESSED (PBP); UAV;

ACTUATORS; BUCKLING; EMPENNAGES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 25144449256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.599083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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