Flexible-wing-based micro air vehicles

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ifju, Peter G ^a   Jenkins, David A ^a   Ettinger, Scott ^a   Lian, Yongsheng ^a   Shyy, Wei ^a   Waszak, Martin R ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; FLEXIBLE WINGS;

ADVERSE EFFECT; FABRICATION METHOD; FLIGHT STABILITY; PAPER DOCUMENTS; SALIENT FEATURES; STRUCTURAL DURABILITY; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; WIND CONDITIONS;

MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV);

EID: 85086492602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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