Aerodynamic calculation of unmanned aircraft

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-474

  Figat, Marcin ^a   Goetzendorf Grabowski, Tomasz ^a   Goraj, Zdobysław ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AVIATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT; UNMANNED AVIATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 28144463964     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660510628453     Document Type: Article

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