Multibody simulations of distributed flight arrays for Industry 4.0 applications

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Multibody simulations of distributed flight arrays for Industry 4.0 applications. / Yip, Lewis; Nemati, Hamidreza; Mercorelli, Paolo et al.
Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0. ed. / Paolo Mercorelli; Weicun Zhang; Hamidreza Nemati; YuMing Zhang. Academic Press Inc., 2024. p. 247-278.

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Harvard

Yip, L, Nemati, H, Mercorelli, P & Zhu, Q 2024, Multibody simulations of distributed flight arrays for Industry 4.0 applications. in P Mercorelli, W Zhang, H Nemati & Y Zhang (eds), Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0. Academic Press Inc., pp. 247-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-32-395207-1.00023-8

APA

Yip, L., Nemati, H., Mercorelli, P., & Zhu, Q. (2024). Multibody simulations of distributed flight arrays for Industry 4.0 applications. In P. Mercorelli, W. Zhang, H. Nemati, & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0 (pp. 247-278). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-32-395207-1.00023-8

Vancouver

Yip L, Nemati H, Mercorelli P, Zhu Q. Multibody simulations of distributed flight arrays for Industry 4.0 applications. In Mercorelli P, Zhang W, Nemati H, Zhang Y, editors, Modeling, Identification, and Control for Cyber- Physical Systems Towards Industry 4.0. Academic Press Inc. 2024. p. 247-278 doi: 10.1016/b978-0-32-395207-1.00023-8

Bibtex

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