SIMULATION OF FLIGHT PATHS TO THE MOON,
Abstract
The system consists of the moon, the earth, and a missile in free fall flight from the earth to the moon. It was desired to simulate this system in two dimensions on an analogue computer in order to observe the effect of small parameter variations on the missile's trajectory. The equations usually used to describe this problem are not particularly adaptable to the analogue computer due to the parameter values and ranges of the variables. It was found necessary to make certain approximations and also to use perturbation techniques along with a dual time scale. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 14, 1958
- Accession Number
- AD0606105
Entities
People
- Frederick T. Shaver
- John P. Gibbons