Development of a flush airdata sensing system on a sharp-nosed vehicle for flight at Mach 3 to 8

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 209017, 2000, Pages

  Davis, Mark C ^a   Pahle, Joseph W ^a   White, John Terry ^a   Marshall, Laurie A ^a   Mashburn, Michael J ^b   Franks, Rick ^c  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Micro Craft Inc   (United States)

^c ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 27844585601     PISSN: 04999320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-504     Document Type: Article

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