RESEARCH ON DYNAMICS OF FLIGHT VEHICLES.

Abstract

Brief summaries are given of research carried out on the following topics: Optimum transient riddance in damped linear systems; Geometrical properties in state space of linear differential equations with periodic coefficients; Performance and stability of hypervelocity aircraft flying on a minor circle; The use of strings and wires in gravity-gradient satellite configurations; Reference/text 'Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight'; Dynamics of rods with damping hinges; Rapid numerical determination of the instantaneous orientation of a rigid body. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0702138

Entities

People

  • P. C. Hughes

Organizations

  • University of Toronto

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coefficients
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Linear Systems
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris