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Reports & Papers

A partial bibliography of the technical output of the Dynamic Systems and Control Branch is available here.

Books

Klein, V. and Morelli, E.A.: Aircraft System Identification - Theory and Practice. AIAA Education Series (Reston), 2006.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of aircraft modeling based on experimental data -- also known as aircraft system identification. Much of the material presented comes from the authors' own extensive research and teaching activities at the NASA Langley Research Center and is based on real world applications of system identification to aircraft. The book uses actual flight test and wind tunnel data for case studies and examples, and is a valuable resource for researchers and practicing engineers, as well as a textbook for postgraduate and senior-level courses.

[Available from the AIAA bookstore. More information about this book is available here.]

Phillips, W. H.: Journey into Space Research. NASA SP-2005-4540, 2005.

Describes the conversion from aeronautics to space research at NASA Langley Research Center from 1958 to 2002.

[Available for download here. (PDF, 12.5 MB)]

Phillips, W. H.: Journey in Aeronautical Research. NASA SP-1998-4512, 1998.

Describes research at NASA Langley Research Center from 1941 until 1958.

[Available for download here. (PDF, 77.3 MB)]

Software

The following software product can be downloaded directly:
DAVEtools

A Java-based utility tool to manipulate aerodynamic models in DAVE-ML format

Once you've received your software, we'd appreciate it if you'd register it here.

The following software product can be requested on-line:
LaRCsim

An ANSI C flight simulation tool for SGI Ultrix machines

Once you've received your software, we'd appreciate it if you'd register it here.


 
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