Near-minimum time open-loop slewing of flexible vehicles

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 82-88

  Thompson, R C ^a,b,c   Junkins, J L ^a,b   Vadali, S R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS, BANG BANG; CONTROL SYSTEMS, OPTIMAL; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; VIBRATIONS--CONTROL;

FLEXIBLE SPACECRAFT MANEUVERS; MANEUVER TIME; MINIMUM TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0024304669     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.20371     Document Type: Article

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