FEATURES OF THE PROCESS OF OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH SPEED SOARING FLIGHT,

Abstract

A characteristic of the conditions for optimality of high-speed soaring flight is that, regardless of the nature of the change in the meteorological conditions along the route, the form of their recording remains the same. The optimum procedure at each stage is determined by the characteristics of the external conditions of the present and future and is independent of the past. This makes it possible in all studies of high-speed soaring flight to proceed according to the following principle of optimality. The optimum procedure at each stage of high-speed soaring flight is independent of the natural previous history of movement. A given principle can be applied beginning with any stage. Results which were obtained provide valuable information on the process of optimization of soaring flight, which allow an approximation of each flight to the optimum. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693821

Entities

People

  • E. P. Vachasov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Optimization

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design