Stability and control assessment of a blended-wing-body airliner configuration

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 913-931

  Jung, D W ^a   Lowenberg, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT STEADY STATES; AUGMENTATION SYSTEM; BLENDED-WING-BODY TYPE AIRLINERS; SURFACE DEFLECTIONS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRFRAMES; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 29344464130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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