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Aircraft Performance

Aircraft Performance is a subfield of Flight Mechanics that characterizes the measurable capabilities and limitations of an aircraft in terms of speed, range, climb, endurance, and other operational metrics under given atmospheric and configurational conditions.

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Aircraft Control and Simulation

Brian Stevens, Frank L. Lewis · Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology · 2004 · 3.1K citations

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Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency

Graham K. Taylor, Robert L. Nudds, Adrian L. R. Thomas · Nature · 2003 · 972 citations

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The use of pilot rating in the evaluation of aircraft handling qualities

George E. Cooper, Robert P. Harper · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 1969 · 861 citations

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What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History.

Alex Roland, Walter G. Vincenti · The American Historical Review · 1992 · 736 citations

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On Evaluating the Performability of Degradable Computing Systems

IEEE Transactions on Computers · 1980 · 714 citations

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Authors

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  1. DN
    Dimitri N. Mavris

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    61 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. RM
    Ruxandra Mihaela Botez

    École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada

    34 publications · 877 citations

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  3. JR
    Joaquim R. R. A. Martins

    University of Michigan, United States

    17 publications · 971 citations

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  4. RJ
    R. John Hansman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    16 publications · 548 citations

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    Mirko Hornung

    Bauhaus Luftfahrt, Germany

    15 publications · 514 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    45 h-index

    365 publications

    12.8K citations

  2. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    38 h-index

    347 publications

    12.6K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    32 h-index

    176 publications

    11.8K citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    32 h-index

    271 publications

    9.1K citations

  5. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    32 h-index

    233 publications

    7.7K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    30 h-index

    116 publications

    5.5K citations

  7. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    29 h-index

    198 publications

    6.9K citations

  8. Cranfield University

    Cranfield, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    174 publications

    6.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Aircraft

    303 publications · 11.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    109 publications · 3.8K citations

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  3. Aerospace Science and Technology

    AST · 93 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)

    Repository · 129 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. The Aeronautical Journal

    76 publications · 2.6K citations

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