Development and testing of a gust and shear tunnel for NAVs and MAVs

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Johnson, Eric ^a   Jacob, Jamey D ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VEHICLE; FLOW QUALITY; MAN-MADE STRUCTURES; MEAN FLOW; PROTOTYPE TUNNEL; RAPID CHANGES; SAMPLE DATA; SMALL VEHICLE; TEST SECTIONS; TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; WIND TUNNELS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 78549250395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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