Optimizing fuel consumption and reducing thermal load for a hypersonic vehicle

A Collection of Technical Papers - 13th AIAA/CIRA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 666-672

  Wachter M ^a   Tan, R C E ^a   Sachs, G ^a,b,c   Da Costa, O ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Institute of Flight Mechanics and Flight Control   (Germany)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL LOAD;

HYPERSONIC FLIGHT; REALISTIC MODELS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

HYPERSONIC FLOW;

EID: 29044440888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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