Drag of spheroid-cone shaped airship

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 363-371

  Dorrington, Graham E ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Aerospace Design   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; WIND TUNNELS;

CONE-SHAPED; FLIGHT TEST DATA; FLIGHT TESTING; GENERAL TRENDS; HULL FORMS; NON STEADY FLOW; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 33646426144     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.14796     Document Type: Article

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