Comparison of design methods for fuel-cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicles

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1945-1956

  Bradley, Thomas H ^a,d   Moffitt, Blake A ^b,e   Fuller, Thomas F ^b,f   Mavris, Dimitri N ^b,e   Parekh, David E ^c,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Mail Stop 1374 ^*

^e Georgia Institute of Technology

^f School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FUEL CELLS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS; AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; DESIGN ENVIRONMENT; FUEL-CELL-POWERED AIRCRAFT; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MODELING; PERFORMANCE COSTS;

DESIGN;

EID: 73849150194     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41658     Document Type: Article

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