Flight data analysis and simulation of wind effects during aerial refueling

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2036-2048

  Dogan, Atilla ^a,c   Lewis, Timothy A ^a,c   Blake, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR REFUELING; AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

AERIAL REFUELING; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF DATA; AUTOMATED AERIAL REFUELING; CONTACT POSITION; DIRECT COMPUTATIONS; FLIGHT CONTROLLERS; PREVAILING WINDS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 57649094571     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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