DEVELOPMENT OF RESPONSE SURFACE MODEL OF ENDURANCE TIME AND STRUCTURAL PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION FOR A TAILSITTER UAV

Development of Response Surface Model of Endurance Time and Structural Parameter Optimization for a Tailsitter UAV

This study designed a vertical take-off and landing tailsitter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a long endurance time.Nine parameters of the tailsitter UAV were investigated.Using a 2k full factorial test, 512 experiments on the nine parameters were conducted at their maximum and minimum values.The time coefficient and air resistance were calcula

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Reputation, Network, and Performance: Exploring the Diffusion Mechanism of Local Governments’ Behavior during Inter-Governmental Environmental Cooperation

The selective behavior of local governments during regional environmental cooperation could generate a diffusion effect through the black box of reputation mechanism.This study incorporates the reputation mechanism, social capital, and environmental governance performance into a unified analysis framework, empirically testing the moderating effect

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Review of Martha Feldman. 2007. Opera and Sovereignty: Transforming Myths in Eighteenth-Century Italy. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press

Feldman’s most recent publication admirably demonstrates the thoroughness and insightfulness of her work.To her masterful study of opera seria she brings not only her own encyclopedic knowledge, laborious archival work, astute evaluation of Glandulars disparate materials, and imaginative presentation, but also a critical appreciation of a vast ar

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