A study of the benefits of using morphing wing technology in fighter aircraft systems

Collection of Technical Papers - 39th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1497-1508

  Smith, Kenneth ^a,c   Butt, Jeffrey ^a,c   Von Spakovsky, Michael R ^a,c,d   Moorhouse, David ^b,d  

^a State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WINGS;

AIR-TO-AIR FIGHTER (AAF); INTEGRATED MISSION SYNTHESIS; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MORPHING WING TECHNOLOGY;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 35748929964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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