Advanced flutter and LCO prediction tools for flight test risk and cost reduction - An international collaborative program for T&E support

Collection of Technical Papers - U.S. Air Force T and E Days: Transforming the T and E Enterprise

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 280-298

  Silva, W ^a   Brenner, M ^b   Cooper, J ^c   Denegri, C ^d   Dunn, S ^e   Huttsell, L ^f   Kaynes, I ^g   Lind, R ^h   Poirel, D ⁱ   Yurkovich, R ^j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^j BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COST ACCOUNTING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEST FACILITIES;

FLIGHT TESTS; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATION (LCO); NON-LINEAR AEROELASTIC PHENOMENA; PREDICTION TOOLS;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

EID: 33748983927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-7630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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