A flight simulation algorithm for a parafoil suspending an air vehicle

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 791-803

  Redelinghuys, Christiaan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (South Africa)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; PARAFOIL AERODYNAMICS; QUASI-HAMILTONIAN FORMULATION;

AIRFOILS;

EID: 34249778109     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.25074     Document Type: Article

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