A Powered Flight Six-Degree-of-Freedom Trajectory Program for Vehicles with Freely Spinning Tail Stabilizers,

Abstract

This program provides for the simulation of powered six-degree-of-freedom trajectories over a spherical rotating earth for those vehicles which have a fore and aft section, which may or may not rotate at different spin rates, but, which rotate about a common longitudinal axis. The program does not permit any mass or inertial asymmetries, but it can be run using either a rolling or nonrolling vehicle axis system and a variable integration time step. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 1969
Accession Number
AD0863644

Entities

People

  • John E. Holmes

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetry
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.