Solar stratospheric platforms
Coupled environment–sizing–mission models for high-altitude platforms: wing sizing at low Reynolds number, ascent options, station-keeping in stratospheric winds, swarm communication.
Publications · 1
2026Communication Technologies for Swarm Systems: Enabling Collective IntelligenceNATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
In progress · 7
—Design regions and operational limits of solar-powered stratospheric platforms from a coupled environment–sizing–mission model
—The minimum admissible chord: a Reynolds-endogenous wing sizing model and the design space of solar stratospheric platforms
—Chord subdivision laws for nonplanar wings at low Reynolds number
—Forced transition as a design and robustness variable for the lifting surfaces of solar stratospheric platforms
—Beating the clock, not the energy budget: internal-combustion options and usage modes for the ascent of solar stratospheric platforms
—Layer-selective station-keeping for propelled stratospheric platforms: exploiting the altitude structure of lower-stratospheric winds
—The stratosphere's second promise: patronage, displacement, and evidence in two stratospheric races, 1931–2026