Design, test and evaluation of an actively stabilized drogue refueling system

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kuk, Taeseung ^a   Ro, Kapseong ^a   Kamman, James W ^a  

^a Western Michigan University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC SURFACES; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; FEEDBACK CONTROL LAW; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TEST AND EVALUATION; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

CONTROL SURFACES; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880767937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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