Aerodynamic characteristics of a free-wing tilt-body unmanned aerial vehicle

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1619-1629

  Ro, Kapseong ^a,c,d   Raghu, Kaushik ^a,c,d   Barlow, Jewel B ^b,d,e  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c and Medical Engineering   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TAKEOFF; WIND EFFECTS; WINGS;

FLIGHT TESTS; GUST LOAD ALLEVIATION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 36349017370     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27989     Document Type: Article

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