Design optimisation of a reconfigurable perching element for vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles

International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-228

  Erbil, Mehmet Ali ^a   Prior, Stephen D ^a   Keane, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS; DESIGN OPTIMISATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN SELECTIONS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

DESIGN; LANDING; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); OPTIMIZATION; TAKEOFF;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84885137522     PISSN: 17568293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1756-8293.5.3.207     Document Type: Article

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