Wind-tunnel replication of atmospheric turbulence with an emphasis on MAVs

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Watkins, Simon ^a   Loxton, Benjamin J ^a   Milbank, Juliette ^a   Melbourne, William H ^b   Abdulrahim, Mujahid ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIRDS; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS; FLIGHT TRIALS; LENGTH SCALE; TURBULENCE GENERATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 51349120677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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