Cruise performance and range prediction reconsidered

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 285-321

  Torenbeek, Egbert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS TURBINES; LIFT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS; TURBOFAN ENGINES; TURBOPROP ENGINES;

CRUISE PERFORMANCE;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0031131484     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-0421(96)00007-3     Document Type: Review

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