Macro-Fiber Composite actuators for a swept wing unmanned aircraft

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1144, 2009, Pages 385-395

  Bilgen, O ^a   Kochersberger, K B ^a   Inman, D J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; ELEVATORS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; SWEPT WINGS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC DERIVATIVES; EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE; LIFT AND DRAG COEFFICIENTS; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; PIEZOCERAMIC DEVICES; ROLL MOMENT COEFFICIENTS; STABILITY AND CONTROL;

CONTROL SURFACES;

EID: 68349130626     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001924000003055     Document Type: Article

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