Performance and stability analysis of a shrouded-fan unmanned aerial vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-691

  De Divitiis, Nicola ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Mechanics and Aeronautics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STABILITY;

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; FLOW STRUCTURES; GROUND EFFECT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33746161010     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.16210     Document Type: Article

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