Validation of vortex propeller theory for UAV design with uncertainty analysis

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moffitt, Blake A ^a   Bradley, Thomas H ^b   Parekh, David E ^b,c   Mavris, Dimitri ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; MESOSCALE; MODELING SOFTWARES; MODELING UNCERTAINTIES; TIP LOSS; UAV DESIGNS; VORTEX THEORY; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRFOILS; DESIGN; PROPELLERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957927879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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