A review of rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developments and applications in civil engineering

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1065-1094

  Liu, Peter ^a   Chen, Albert Y ^b   Huang, Yin Nan ^b   Han, Jen Yu ^b   Lai, Jihn Sung ^c   Kang, Shih Chung ^b   Wu, Tzong Hann ^b   Wen, Ming Chang ^b   Tsai, Meng Han ^c  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence navigation; Automatic control; Construction management; Disaster response; Flood monitoring and assessment; Image processing and analysis; Mobile mapping; Nuclear power plant; Transportation; UAV application; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ANTENNAS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; CONTROL ENGINEERING; CONTROL THEORY; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FLOODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RESPONSE; FLOOD MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS; MOBILE MAPPING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84904413012     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2014.13.6.1065     Document Type: Review

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