Wind-tunnel testing and modeling of a micro air vehicle with flexible wings

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1025-1032

  Albertani, R ^a,d   Stanford, B ^a,d   DeLoach, R ^b,d   Hubner, J P ^c,d   Ifju, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Department of Research and Engineering Education Facility ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; ELEVATORS; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; PROPULSION; TRACTION MOTORS; WIND TUNNELS;

ENTIRE FLIGHT ENVELOPE; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PROPULSION CHARACTERISTICS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 46449093634     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33338     Document Type: Article

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