Range optimal trajectories for an aircraft flying in the vertical plane

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 389-398

  Seywald, Hans ^a   Cliff, Eugene M ^b   Well, Klaus H ^c  

^a ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

LOAD FACTOR; PONTRYAGIN'S MINIMUM PRINCIPLE; RANGE OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 0028388451     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21210     Document Type: Article

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