Aero-Structural Design and Analysis of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Its Mission Adaptive Wing
AERO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND ITS MISSION ADAPTIVE WING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY ERDOĞAN TOLGA İNSUYU IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING FEBRUARY 2010 Approval of the thesis: AERO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND ITS MISSION ADAPTIVE WING submitted by ERDOĞAN TOLGA İNSUYU in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University by, Prof. Dr. Canan Özgen _____________________ Dean, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences Prof. Dr. Ozan Tekinalp _____________________ Head of Department, Aerospace Engineering Assist. Prof. Dr. Melin Şahin _____________________ Supervisor, Aerospace Engineering Dept., METU Examining Committee Members: Prof. Dr. Yavuz Yaman _____________________ Aerospace Engineering Dept., METU Assist Prof. Dr. Melin Şahin _____________________ Aerospace Engineering Dept., METU Prof. Dr. Serkan Özgen _____________________ Aerospace Engineering Dept., METU Assist. Prof. Dr. Ender Ciğeroğlu _____________________ Mechanical Engineering Dept., METU Özcan Ertem, M.Sc. _____________________ Executive Vice President, TAI Date: I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last Name : Signature : iii ABSTRACT AERO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND ITS MISSION ADAPTIVE WING İnsuyu, Erdoğan Tolga M.Sc., Department of Aerospace Engineering Supervisor : Assist.
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