Variable fidelity conceptual design environment for revolutionary unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1405-1418

  Dufresne, Stephane ^a,b,c   Johnson, Carl ^a,b,c   Mavris, Dimitri N ^a,b,c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology

^c AIAA ^*

^d Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; HURRICANES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AEROVIRONMENT; DESIGN ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN TRADEOFF; DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; VARIABLE FIDELITY; VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 49349104071     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.35567     Document Type: Article

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