The effects on formation-flight aerodynamics due to wake rollup

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 9062-9072

  Bramesfeld, Götz ^a,b,c   Maughmer, Mark D ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 233 Hammond Bldg ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREAMWISE DIRECTION; TRAILING EDGES; WAKE MODELS;

AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; WAKES;

WINGS;

EID: 34250904155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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