Aerodynamic performance of a biplane micro air vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 291-299

  Moschetta, Jean Marc ^a,b,c,d   Thipyopas, Chinnapat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Laboratoire en Mécanique des Fluides   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; BIPLANE MICRO AIR VEHICLES; MONOPLANE WING PLANFORMS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33847762358     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23286     Document Type: Article

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