Aircraft stability and control characteristics determined by system identification of CFD simulations

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dean, John P ^a,b   Morton, Scott A ^a,c   McDaniel, David R ^a,c   Clifton, James D ^a,b   Bodkin, David J ^a,b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b Stability and Control Team Lead   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AERODYNAMIC PHENOMENA; AIRCRAFT STABILITY; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BRUTE FORCE; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPACT MODEL; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; CURRENT STABILITY; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT TEST; FLIGHT TESTING; HIGH FIDELITY; INPUT SIGNAL; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; REAL TIME; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATIONS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DYNAMICS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING;

AERODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 77958192754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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