Performance and stability of a winged vehicle in ground effect

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-157

  De Divitiis, Nicola ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Mechanics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA REDUCTION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; WINGS;

GROUND EFFECTS; LINEAR MOMENTUM; SINK RATE; VEHICLE ORIENTATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 13844296547     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.4830     Document Type: Article

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