Autophagous structure-power systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5387, Issue , 2004, Pages 96-105

  Baucom, Jared N ^a   Thomas, James P ^a   Pogue III, William R ^a   Qidwai, Muhammad A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagous; Energy conversion; Fuel cell; Multifunctional; Structure power; Thermoelectric; UAV

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGOUS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL; STRUCTURE-POWER; THERMOELECTRIC; UAV;

AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATION; COMBUSTION; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; POLYMERS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 5444268249     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.540913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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