Footprint Generation for Reusable Launch Vehicles Using a Direct Pseudospectral Method

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2163-2168

  Fahroo, Fariba ^a   Doman, David B ^b   Ngo, Anhtuan D ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142153128     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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