Analysis of aircraft agility on maximum performance maneuvers

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Avanzini, Giulio ^a,c   De Matteis, Guido ^b,c,d   De Socio, Luciano M ^a,c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Dept of Mechanics and Aeronautics ^*  (Italy)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AIRFRAMES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; MANEUVERABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY;

AIRCRAFT AGILITY; MANEUVER;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0032115056     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2356     Document Type: Article

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