In the past decade, there has been a tendency to design and fabricate drones which can
perform planetary exploration. Generally, there are various ways to study space objects …

Faced with the increasingly severe issue of the greenhouse effect, wind power emerges as a
sustainable solution. However, the large size, heavy weight, and high risk associated with …

The paper presents work on testing of inflatable wings for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Inflatable wing history and recent research is discussed. Design and construction of …

The paper presents specifications for the Long-Endurance Mars Exploration Flying Vehicle
(LEMFEV), which will be used as future design input data. The specifications are based on …

For more than two decades, Mars has been of great interest for scientific exploration, using
orbiting spacecrafts or landers. Orbiters like “Mars Express” cover large areas and give …

Inflatable structures are already being used for decades now especially in aerospace
applications. The Inflatoplane and inflatable space habitats are just examples. On the other …

The robust parameter design method is a traditional approach to robust experimental design
that seeks to obtain the optimal combination of factors/levels. To overcome some of the …

应用结构力学和材料力学的相关理论分析了一种充气机翼的承载能力, 基于充气机翼特性和工程
要求分析, 确定了充气机翼失效的条件, 建立了充气机翼弯曲变形的力学模型 …

In recent years the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security have had a desire to
tightly pack small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in order to allow them to be launched …

BIG BLUE (baseline inflatable-wing glider, balloon-launched unmanned experiment) is a
flight experiment envisioned, designed, built, and flown primarily by undergraduate students …