NUMERICAL COMPUTATION OF THE DISTANCE FROM A POINT TO AN ELLIPSOID,

Abstract

A problem of current interest in weapon evaluation studies at the Ballistic Research Laboratories requires an efficient method for computing the distance from an arbitrary point in space to a given ellepsoid. Two techniques for performing the calculation are proposed in the report. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0641011

Entities

People

  • A. Celmins
  • W. Sacco

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Computations
  • Convex Bodies
  • Ellipsoids
  • Geometric Forms
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.

Technology Areas

  • Space