Smart Autonomous Aircraft: Flight Control and Planning for UAV introduces the advanced
methods of flight control, planning, situation awareness, and decision making. This book is …

Direct numerical simulations are used to explore the hovering performance and efficiency for
hawkmoth-inspired flapping and revolving wings at Reynolds (Re) numbers varying from 50 …

Flight Mechanics Modeling and Analysis comprehensively covers flight mechanics and flight
dynamics using a systems approach. This book focuses on applied mathematics and control …

Abstract Fixed-wing Micro-Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) need effective sensors that can rapidly
detect turbulence induced motion perturbations. Current MAV attitude control systems rely …

An optimized and comprehensive method is proposed in order to design an efficient micro
unmanned air vehicle with morphing and growing capabilities. In the sizing process, to …

The flow past an Eppler 61 airfoil at 10 angle to the free-stream is investigated numerically
for 100≤ Re≤ 87 000. Vortex shedding is observed beyond Re∼ 600 and three …

Here, we reviewed published aerodynamic efficiencies of gliding birds and similar sized
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) motivated by a fundamental question: are gliding birds …

The coupling of passive structural response of flexible membranes with the flow over them
can significantly alter the aerodynamic characteristic of simple flat-plate wings. The use of …

In this study, the ground effect over a wing without/with a flap at low Reynolds numbers was
investigated experimentally. Three-dimensional flow fields over and behind a flapped wing …

Existing mathematical design models for small solar‐powered electric unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) only focus on mass, performance, and aerodynamic analyses. Presently …