Compressibility effects on maximum range cruise at constant altitude

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1654-1658

  Rivas, Damian ^a,b   Valenzuela, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; MACH NUMBER;

COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS; CONSTANT ALTITUDE; CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; CRUISE ALTITUDE; LOW ALTITUDES; MAXIMUM RANGES; OPTIMAL PATHS; PERFORMANCE INDICES;

DRAG;

EID: 72149091169     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.44039     Document Type: Article

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