Flight dynamics modeling of a small ducted fan aerial vehicle based on parameter identification

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1439-1448

  Wang, Zhengjie ^a   Liu, Zhijun ^a   Fan, Ningjun ^a   Guo, Meifang ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b North Institute for Scientific and Technical Information   (China)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Experimental aerodynamics; Flight vehicle design; Multidisciplinary design optimization; Structural design

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS MODEL; FLIGHT VEHICLE DESIGNS; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; MECHANISM MODEL; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

AERODYNAMICS; ATTITUDE CONTROL; DESIGN AIDS; EXPERIMENTS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84891634551     PISSN: 10009361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cja.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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