Numerical Computation of Optimal Atmospheric Trajectories

DOI10.2514/3.56093zbMath0475.49030OpenAlexW2000354449MaRDI QIDQ3931984

Forrester T. Johnson, Ian Rettie, Charles Hargraves, Stephen P. Paris

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2514/3.56093

zbMATH Keywords

Chebyshev polynomialspenalty functionsnumerical computationbrachistochroneoptimal atmospheric trajectoriesoptimal evasive maneuversrocket problem with a singular arcsecond-order direct trajectory optimization methodstate time historysubsonic transport minimum-fuelsubsonic transport minimum-time climbsupersonic interceptor minimum-time climb

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Free motion of a rigid body (70E15) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Supersonic flows (76J20)

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