Design, performance evaluation and optimization of a UAV

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 339-350

  Kontogiannis, Spyridon G ^a   Ekaterinaris, John A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Aerodynamics; CFD; Design; Flight mechanics; FPV systems; Optimization; Surveillance; UAV; Winglets

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; FLIGHT MECHANICS; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; LINEAR AERODYNAMICS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; WINGLETS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 84880923912     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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