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):

• KELLEY,H.J.
• FALCO,M.
• BALL,D.J.

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

Descriptors:

• *JET AIRCRAFT
• *TURBOJET ENGINES
• AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
• COMPUTERS
• DETERMINATION
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• EQUATIONS
• FLIGHT
• FLIGHT TESTING
• FUEL CONSUMPTION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• MEASUREMENT
• PRESSURE
• SIMULATION
• THRUST

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE