Test activities in the langley transonic dynamics tunnel and a summary of recent facility improvements

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 5072-5085

  Cole, Stanley R ^a   Johnson, R Keith ^a   Piatak, David J ^a   Florance, Jennifer P ^a   Rivera, José A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MODEL BUILDINGS; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

LAUNCH VEHICLES; TRANSONIC DYNAMICS TUNNEL;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 0042978608     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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