Functional agility metrics and optimal trajectory analysis

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1193-1197

  Ryan, George W ^a   Downing, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

COMBAT CYCLE TIME; DYNAMIC SPEED TURN; FUNCTIONAL AGILITY METRICS; MANEUVERS; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES BY IMPLICIT SIMULATION; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ENERGY STATE;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028548203     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21332     Document Type: Article

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