Variable stiffness spar approach for aircraft maneuver enhancement using ASTROS

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 865-871

  Chen, P C ^a   Sarhaddi, D ^a   Jha, R ^b   Liu, D D ^c   Griffin, K ^d   Yurkovich, R ^e  

^a ZONA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS); MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; WINGS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE ASTROS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS SPAR APPROACH; WING SPARS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0034273847     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2682     Document Type: Article

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