Development and testing of control laws for the Active Aeroelastic Wing program

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1371-1387

  Dibley, Ryan P ^a,d   Allen, Michael J ^a,d   Clarke, Robert ^a,d   Gera, Joseph ^b,e   Hodgkinson, John ^c,f  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c Spiral Technology Inc   (United States)

^d Flight Controls and Dynamics Branch   (United States)

^e AS and M Inc   (United States)

^f Spiral Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AEROELASTIC WING PROGRAM; CONTROL LAWS; F/A-18 AIRCRAFT; SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS;

EQUIPMENT TESTING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; TORSIONAL STRESS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 29344431657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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