Aeroelastic behavior of inflatable wings: Wind tunnel and flight testing

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 12890-12911

  Simpson, Andrew ^a,c   Smith, Suzanne Weaver ^a,c   Jacob, Jamey ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND TUNNELS;

FLIGHT TESTS; INFLATABLE WINGS; WING BENDS; WING BUCKLING;

WINGS;

EID: 34250798477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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