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Flying Wing Configuration

Flying Wing Configuration is an aircraft configuration design in which the entire lifting surface consists of a wing without a distinct, separate fuselage or tail assembly, thereby distinguishing it from conventional configurations that incorporate dedicated fuselage and empennage structures.

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124

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44

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2017–2026

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All-wing AircraftFlying Wing

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54

Flight Dynamics of Highly Flexible Flying Wings

Mayuresh Patil, Dewey H. Hodges · Journal of Aircraft · 2006 · 339 citations

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Flying wing—problems and decisions

A. L. Bolsunovsky, N. P. Buzoverya, B.I Gurevich et al. · Aircraft Design · 2001 · 110 citations

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A comparative study of the hovering efficiency of flapping and revolving wings

Lingxiao Zheng, Tyson L. Hedrick, Rajat Mittal · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2013 · 64 citations

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Low-Frequency Acoustic Shielding by the Silent Aircraft Airframe

Anurag Agarwal, Ann P. Dowling · AIAA Journal · 2007 · 51 citations

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Aerodynamic characteristics of unsteady gap flow in a bristled wing

Seung Hun Lee, Mohsen Lahooti, Daegyoum Kim · Physics of Fluids · 2018 · 45 citations

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Authors

124

  1. DH
    Dewey H. Hodges

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 399 citations

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  2. MP
    Mayuresh Patil

    Virginia Tech, United States

    3 publications · 400 citations

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  3. RK
    Rakesh K. Kapania

    Virginia Tech, United States

    3 publications · 66 citations

    3

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  4. WZ
    Wei Zhao

    Virginia Tech, United States

    3 publications · 66 citations

    3

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  5. PS
    Peter Seiler

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 63 citations

    3

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Institutions

44

  1. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    621 citations

  2. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    92 citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    469 citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    161 citations

  5. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    65 citations

  6. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

    Nanjing, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

  7. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    86 citations

  8. Twin Cities Orthopedics

    Edina, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    50 citations

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Venues

  1. Aerospace Science and Technology

    AST · 4 publications · 80 citations

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  2. AIAA Journal

    3 publications · 83 citations

    3

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  3. Journal of Aircraft

    3 publications · 397 citations

    3

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  4. Applied Mechanics and Materials

    AMM · 1 publications · 12 citations

    2

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  5. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

    CJA · 2 publications · 34 citations

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