Formation flying of commercial aircraft - Assessment using a new approach - Wing span load & Camber control

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 2944-2959

  Nangia, R K ^a   Palmer, M E ^a  

^a Nangia Aero Research Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONTROL THEORY; EULER EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WINGS;

EULER SOLVER; WINGLETS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34250899853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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