Improved endurance of optimal periodic flight

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3462-3477

  Chen, Robert H ^a,b   Speyer, Jason L ^a,c  

^a SySense Inc   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DURABILITY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; PERIODIC FLIGHT; STEADY STATE FLIGHT; SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 33845731275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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