Flight dynamics of the boomerang, part 1: Fundamental analysis

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 545-554

  Azuma, Akira ^a,d   Beppu, Goro ^b,d   Ishikawa, Hiroaki ^b,d   Yasuda, Kunio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Aeronautics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GYROSCOPES; KINETIC ENERGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VECTORS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BOOMERANGS; LOCK NUMBERS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 3843106835     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11157     Document Type: Article

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