Experimental analysis of deformation for flexible-wing Micro Air Vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5339-5352

  Albertani, Roberto ^a,b   Stanford, Bret ^a,b   Hubner Rick Lind, James P ^a,b   Ifju, Peter ^a,b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DEFORMATION; LOADS (FORCES); STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

GUST REJECTION; MICRO AIR VEHICLES (MAV); STALL DELAY; WING FLEXIBILITY;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 28844435015     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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