Hydrocarbon fuels as multifunctional structure-power for unmanned air vehicles

Collection of Technical Papers - 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 183-193

  Baucom, Jared N ^a,c   Pogue III, William R ^a,c   Thomas, James P ^a,d   Qidwai, Muhammad A ^b,e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Multifunctional Materials Branch   (United States)

^d Material Systems Development Section   (United States)

^e NRL Operations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; HYDROCARBONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LITHIUM BATTERIES; WINGS;

HYDROCARBON FUELS; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 29144505039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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