Atmospheric winds and their implications for microair vehicles

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2591-2600

  Watkins, Simon ^a   Milbank, Juliette ^a   Loxton, Benjamin J ^a   Melbourne, William H ^b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; AUTHORITATIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PITCH ANGLE COHERENCE; TRANSIENT VELOCITIES;

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33751204122     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.22670     Document Type: Article

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