The X-43A six degree of freedom Monte Carlo analysis

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baumann, Ethan ^a   Bahm, Catherine ^a   Strovers, Brian ^a   Beck, Roger ^b   Richard, Michael ^c  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c ROCKWELL COLLINS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT CONTROL LAW; GUIDANCE ALGORITHM; HARDWARE VALIDATION; HYPER-X; IN-FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO DATA; MONTE CARLO PREDICTIONS; RESEARCH VEHICLES; SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CONTROL THEORY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 70449733122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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