Aerodynamic modeling and system identification from flight data - Recent applications at DLR

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 681-691

  Jategaonkar, Ravindra ^a,b   Fischenberg, Dietrich ^a,b   Von Gruenhagen, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Institute of Flight Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MILITARY AIRCRAFT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AERODYNAMIC FLOWFIELDS; CONSISTENCY CHECKING; INFLOW DISTRIBUTION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 4344621709     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.3165     Document Type: Review

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