Dynamics of self-spacing in a stream of in-trail aircraft

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Slater, G L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Dept of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS; CONTROL LAWS; FEEDBACK LAWS; LEAD VEHICLES; SIMULATION STUDIES;

COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT);

EID: 85087596792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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