Simulation of fuel behaviour during aircraft in-flight refueling

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Ng, H W ^a   Tan, F L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aviation fuels; Computer software; Flight operations; Fluid dynamics; Military aircraft

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUELS; CONTROL VOLUMES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FLIGHT OPERATIONS; FLOW RESISTANCE; FUEL TRANSFER; IN-FLIGHT REFUELING; INTERNAL FLOWS; PAPER MODELS; PEAK PRESSURE; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; POD SYSTEMS; REFUELING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; STEADY AND TRANSIENT STATE; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

AIRCRAFT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; ION BEAMS; MILITARY AVIATION; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WORD PROCESSING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 67651156202     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660910941785     Document Type: Article

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