The solution of a launch vehicle trajectory problem by an adaptive finite-element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 190, Issue 35-36, 2001, Pages 4677-4690

  Estep, Donald J ^a,c   Hodges, Dewey H ^b   Warner, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A posteriori error estimates; Accumulation of error control; Efficient discretization; Error estimates; Finite element methods; Launch vehicles; Optimal control problems; Residual error; Stability; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISCRETIZATION; LAUNCH VEHICLE TRAJECTORY;

TRAJECTORIES;

ROCKET;

EID: 0035827109     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(00)00339-X     Document Type: Article

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