MINIMUM FUEL TRAJECTORIES WITH SOFT LANDINGS,

Abstract

Minimum fuel trajectories for rocket flights with soft landings in a uniform gravitational field are presented as functions of two parameters. The solutions are valid for any uniform gravitational field, rocket fuel, and burning rate. The problem is formulated as a flight over a flat moon without atmosphere. The solution is subject to the differential constraints of the equations of motion and the end point conditions which require zero velocity at take-off and landing. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 30, 1964
Accession Number
AD0447904

Entities

People

  • Orlando J. Manci Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fuels
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Landing
  • Mathematics
  • Rocket Fuels
  • Soft Landings
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Structural Dynamics.