Reducing uncertainty of a fuel cell UAV through variable fidelity optimization

Collection of Technical Papers - 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1011-1029

  Moffitt, Blake A ^a,b,c   Bradley, Thomas H ^a,c,d   Mavris, Dimitri ^a,b,c   Parekh, David E ^a,c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT; MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE UNCERTAINTY;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRCRAFT FUELING; FUEL CELLS; OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 37349082045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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