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HALE multidisciplinary design optimization part II: solar-powered flying-wing aircraft

Colas et al., 2018

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10815071998880155075
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Colas D
Roberts N
Suryakumar V
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2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference

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A conceptual multidisciplinary framework is developed for the design and analysis of solar- powered, High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) flight vehicles. Typical design features such as low wing loading and high aspect ratio imply strong inter-disciplinary couplings, in …
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