Optimal symmetric flight with an intermediate vehicle model

DOI10.2514/3.19981zbMath0576.93037OpenAlexW3183993811MaRDI QIDQ3696971

P. K. A. Menon, Henry J. Kelley, Eugene M. Cliff

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/106344

zbMATH Keywords

vehicle modelaltitude-speed-range-time optimizationOptimal flight

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear systems in control theory (93C10) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Control of mechanical systems (70Q05) Control/observation systems governed by ordinary differential equations (93C15) Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations (49K15)

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