Investigation of membrane actuation for roll control of a micro air vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 741-749

  Stanford, Bret ^a,b   Abdulrahim, Mujahid ^a,b   Lind, Rick ^a,b   Ifju, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORQUE CONTROL; WINGS;

FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE WING; LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; MICRO AIR VEHICLE; TORQUE-ACTUATED WING;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 34547140759     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25356     Document Type: Article

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