Performance Methods for Lifting Entry Vehicle Range Analysis

Abstract

Parameter optimization methods were applied to maximize lateral range with and without down-range constraints to produce performance footprints. Three lifting entry vehicles with maximum lift-to-drag ratios of 1.89, 2.2, and 2.6, respectively, were used. A simplified bank control procedure was developed which closely approximated the optimal footprint results in the case where no heating constraints were imposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA125406

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Bursey
  • David T. Johnson
  • Richard C. Nash

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Paths
  • Heat Transfer
  • Orbits
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Security
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.