Accuracy of aerodynamic model parameters estimated from flight test data

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-80

  Morelli, Eugene A ^a,c,d   Klein, Vladislav ^b,d,e  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Jt Inst for Adv of Flight Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AERODYNAMIC MODEL PARAMETERS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030833069     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3997     Document Type: Article

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