Study of a multitethered aerostat system: Experimental observations and model validation

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1182-1189

  Lambert, Casey ^a,c,d   Nahon, Meyer ^a,c,d   Chalmers, Dean ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TELESCOPES; STATISTICS; TETHERLINES; TRACKING (POSITION);

AERIAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AEROSTAT MOTIONS; AEROSTAT SYSTEMS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748047152     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18613     Document Type: Article

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