Airship dynamics modeling: A literature review

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-239

  Li, Yuwen ^a   Nahon, Meyer ^b   Sharf, Inna ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DYNAMICS; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS MODELING; DYNAMICS MODELS; LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; SEMI-EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; STATE OF THE ART; STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITIES;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 79955047347     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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