Reliability, maintainability and development cost implications of variable camber wings

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 995, 1996, Pages 183-185

  Fielding, J P ^a   Vaziry Zanjany, M A F ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAINTAINABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER ASSISTED CONCEPTUAL AIRCRAFT DESIGN; VARIABLE CAMBER WINGS;

WINGS;

EID: 0030144923     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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