Experimental investigation into the aerodynamic properties of a flexible and rigid wing micro air vehicle

24th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  DeLuca, Anthony M ^a   Reeder, Mark F ^a   Ol, Michael V ^b   Freeman, Jacob ^b   Bautista, Ian ^b   Simonich, Michael ^b  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB; BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; CONTROL SURFACE DEFLECTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SURFACES; DAMAGE DETECTION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FLEXIBLE WINGS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); RIGID WINGS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84897585247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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