Minimum-time maneuvers of thrust-vectored aircraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-250

  Lichtsinder, Arkadi ^a,c   Kreindler, Eliezer ^b   Gal Or, Benjamin ^b  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Dept of Platforms and Launchers ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STANDARD AGILITY COMPARISON MANEUVERS (SACOM); THRUST VECTORING (TV);

MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 0032024813     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4249     Document Type: Article

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