Accession Number:
AD0272321
Title:
AIR VEHICLE FLIGHT PATH OPTIMIZATION. VOLUME I
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORP BETHPAGE N Y
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1962-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
The method of gradients, a direct variational procedure, is applied to the optimization of vehicle attitude and bounded throttle programs which extremize the fuel, range, and time performance of air breathing vehicles. A penalty function concept for convenient handling of certain types of constraints is presented. Digital computer solutions applying to maximum range climb profiles for a hypothetical Mach 3 turbojet vehicle operating at full throttle are presented. Author