A numerical investigation of novel planforms for micro UAVs

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 20, Issue , 2006, Pages 15320-15332

  Hammons, C ^a,b,c   Thompson, D S ^a,b,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drawer A ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WINGS;

BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; LIFT COEFFICIENTS; VORTEX DETECTION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 34250756170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-1265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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