Comparisons of computational fluid dynamics solutions of static and manoeuvring fighter aircraft with flight test data

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-340

  McDaniel, D R ^a,b   Cummings, R M ^a   Bergeron, K ^a   Morton, S A ^c   Dean, J P ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flight test; Reduced order model; Stability and control; System Identification Programs for Aircraft

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS; ASYMMETRIC LOADING; CFD SIMULATIONS; CFD TECHNIQUE; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS; FLIGHT TEST; FLIGHT TEST DATA; HIGH FIDELITY; MASSIVELY PARALLEL MACHINE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; NON-LINEAR; OPERATIONAL USE; REDUCED ORDER; REDUCED-ORDER MODEL; STABILITY AND CONTROL; STATIC FORCES; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR AIRCRAFT; US AIR FORCE; WIND-TUNNEL;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SIMULATORS; STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TESTING; WIND TUNNELS;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 69249130414     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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