Effects of internal mass flow on the attitude dynamics of variable mass systems

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 1297-1316

  Tran, T ^a   Eke, F O ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE DYNAMICS; INTERNAL MASS FLOW; ROCKET SYSTEMS; SPIN RATE PREDICTIONS; VARIABLE MASS SYSTEMS; HELICAL MOTION; MASS FLOW; MASS SYSTEMS;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PROPELLANTS; ROCKETS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; COMBUSTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MOTION ESTIMATION; ROTATION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS;

EID: 23844480742     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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