History of flight vehicle structures 1903-1990

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 969-977

  Paul, D ^a   Pratt, D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFRAMES; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COSTS ANALYSIS; MILITARY AIRFRAMES; STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY; WEIGHT;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 7544244623     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.4036     Document Type: Article

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