Optimization of high angle-of-attack approach to landing trajectories

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-505

  Visser, H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extremely short takeoff and landing (ESTOL); Thrust vectoring; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT RUNWAYS; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; THRUST BEARINGS; TRAJECTORIES;

ANGLE-OF-ATTACK APPROACH; EXTREMELY SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING (ESTOL); RIGID-BODY MODEL; THRUST VECTORING TECHNOLOGIES;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 29844445755     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: 09544100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441005X33394     Document Type: Article

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