Controllability of blended wing body aircraft

ICAS Secretariat - 26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2008, ICAS 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 821-830

  Voskuijl, Mark ^a   Rocca, Gianfranco La ^a   Dircken, Frank ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blended wing body; Design; Flight mechanics; Handling qualities

Indexed keywords

BLENDED WING BODY; BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFTS; CIVIL TRANSPORTATION; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE; FLIGHT MECHANICS; HANDLING QUALITY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN; DESIGN AIDS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 84879546279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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