SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM FLIGHT-PATH STUDY GENERALIZED COMPUTER PROGRAM. PART 1, VOLUME 1. PROBLEM FORMULATION

Abstract

A trajectory computation program is described for determining vehicle performance throughout the entire flight regime of speed and altitude in the atmosphere and gravity field of a nonspherical rotating planet. The program is formulated for seven options of varying refinement from the six-degree-of- freedom problem to the two-degree point mass problem. A reverse option for the aerodynamic analysis of flight test data, a punched card output, and a semiautomatic computational tie to an interplanetary trajectory computer program are included. The program is specifically oriented for computation on the IBM 7090/7094 digital computer using the FAP/FORTRAN2 machine language.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0452592

Entities

People

  • A. E. Combs
  • Gerald D. Giffin
  • Robert C. Brown
  • Robert V. Brulle

Organizations

  • McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Birds
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Heat Transfer
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Mechanics
  • Stabilized Platforms
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers