Investigating sensor emplacement on vertical surfaces for a biologically-inspired morphing design from bats

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 505-512

  Wright, Kim ^a   Lind, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; COMPUTATION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAMMALS; WINGS;

BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SPECIFIC TASKS; TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS; VERTICAL SURFACE; WING CONFIGURATIONS; MORPHING DESIGN; YAW STABILITY;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; SENSORS;

EID: 40549132538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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