Aerodynamic coefficients and deformation measurements on flexible micro air vehicle wings

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-635

  Albertani, R ^a   Stanford, B ^a   Hubner, J P ^b   Ifju, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible wing; MAV; micro air vehicle; Membrane wing; VIC; visual image correlation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENT; MICRO AIR VEHICLE; VISUAL IMAGE CORELATION;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; STRAIN; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

EID: 34748872088     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-006-9025-5     Document Type: Article

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