Extremal angle of attack over a singular thrust arc in rocket flight

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-393

  Ross, I Michael ^a,b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LIFT; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

INVERSE SQUARE GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; MACH NUMBER; ROCKET FLIGHT; TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATION;

ROCKETS;

EID: 0031104369     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4051     Document Type: Article

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