Thrust Programs for Minimum Propellant Consumption During Vertical Take-off and Landing Maneuvers of a Rocket Vehicle in a Vacuum

Abstract

In this paper the thrust programs for minimum propellant consumption during vertical take-off and landing maneuvers of a rocket in a vacuumare derived, first for a uniform gravitational field, then for the inverse square law gravitational field. It is shown that, regardless of the mathematical form of the attracting force, the extremal arc for take-off is composed of a maximum thrust subarc followed by a coasting subarc, and the extremal arc for landing is composed of a coasting subarc followed by a maximum thrust subarc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0283547

Entities

People

  • David G. Hull

Organizations

  • Boeing

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Boundaries
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Deceleration
  • Differential Equations
  • Displacement
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Mass Flow
  • Rocket Engines
  • Scientific Research

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