Design and verification of a smart wing for an extremely-agile micro-air-vehicle

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wickramasinghe, Viresh K ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Martinez, Marcias ^a   Kernaghan, Robert ^a   Wong, Franklin ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AILERONS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AVIATION; DESIGN AIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

COMPRESSIVE AXIAL LOAD; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; DYNAMIC DEFLECTIONS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; ROTARY WING AIRCRAFTS; ROTARY WING VEHICLES;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 84855620467     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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