Optimization of perching maneuvers through vehicle morphing

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 815-823

  Wickenheiser, Adam M ^a,b   Garcia, Ephrahim ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; VEHICLES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CENTER OF GRAVITY; INITIAL DISTANCE; NON-LINEAR AERODYNAMICS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SEPARATED FLOWS; THRUST-TO-WEIGHT RATIO; VEHICLE GEOMETRY;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 48849110982     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.33819     Document Type: Article

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