23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-5.1.2

3D-SIMULATION OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS FOR A REENTRY VEHICLE

N. Goto, T. Kawakita
Kyushu University, Japan

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation analysis, 3d-simulation

The paper conducts a study of nonlinear aircraft dynamics by means of bifurcation analyses and 3-dimensional visual simulations. A model reentry vehicle is subjected to the study to reveal its susceptibility to inertial coupling problems. Physical mechanisms of such nonlinear problems are explained by using the 3-dimensional visual simulation.

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