Overview of landing gear dynamics

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 130-137

  Pritchard, Jocelyn ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; BRAKING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS;

AIR TRAVEL SAFETY; BRAKE INDUCED VIBRATIONS; PASSENGER DISCOMFORT;

LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT);

EID: 0035087862     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2744     Document Type: Article

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