Dynamic modeling and simulation of hose-paradrogue assembly for mid-air operations

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ro, Kapseong ^a   Ahmad, Husain ^a   Kamman, James W ^a  

^a Western Michigan University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL REFUELING; AERODYNAMIC MODELS; AIR OPERATION; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC MODELING AND SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; EFFECT OF IN; FLIGHT TEST; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RIGID LINKS; SPEED RANGE; STEADY STATE CHARACTERISTICS; TOWING VEHICLES;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HOSE; ION BEAMS; MECHANICS; TANKERS (SHIPS);

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 77958514265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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