Optimization of projectile motion under air resistance quadratic in speed

DOI10.1007/s00009-016-0815-4zbMath1366.49020OpenAlexW2561926591MaRDI QIDQ523647

Robert Kantrowitz, Michael M. Neumann

Publication date: 21 April 2017

Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-016-0815-4

zbMATH Keywords

Lambert \(W\) functionenveloping functionoptimal launch angleprojectile ballisticsquadratic dragTartaglia's inverse problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations (49K15) One-variable calculus (26A06)

Related Items (2)

Halley's minimal kinetic energy problem for projectile motion with drag quadratic in speed ⋮ An approximation model for projectile motion under air resistance proportional to a power of the speed

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• Optimization of projectile motion under linear air resistance
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• Tartaglia's Inverse Problem in a Resistive Medium
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