Multibody advanced airship for transport

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dumas, Antonio ^a   Trancossi, Michele ^a   Madonia, Mauro ^a   Giuliani, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENGINES; AIRCRAFT LANDING; AIRSHIPS; ANTENNAS; BUOYANCY; ELEVATORS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDING; FOSSIL FUELS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PROPULSION;

AERIAL TRANSPORTATION; AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ARCHITECTURE-BASED; DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURES; DOCKING OPERATIONS; HIGH ALTITUDE SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS;

VTOL/STOL AIRCRAFT;

EID: 85072502973     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-2786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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