Simultaneous optimization of sailplane design and its flight trajectory

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-571

  Suzuki, Shinji ^a,b   Kawamura, Norihisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

FLIGHT DISTANCE COMPETITION; FLIGHT TRAJECTORY; LIFT DRAG RATIO; SAILPLANE DESIGN; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0030147455     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.46982     Document Type: Article

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