Vehicle design of a sharp CTV concept using a virtual flight rapid integration test environment

AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Zuniga, Fanny A ^a   Cliff, Susan E ^a   Kinney, David J ^a   Smith, Stephen C ^a   Hawke, Veronica M ^b   Tang, Chun Y ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; INTEGRATION; NASA; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTING; VEHICLES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WIND STRESS;

AMES RESEARCH CENTERS; APPROACH AND LANDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODS; COOPER-HARPER RATING; CREW TRANSFER VEHICLES; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; SIMULATION EVALUATION;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 85086614680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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