Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007.
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2009
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| author | Undurti, Aditya |
| author2 | David W. Miller and Ronald J. Proulx. |
| author_facet | David W. Miller and Ronald J. Proulx. Undurti, Aditya |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/465722019-04-12T21:31:28Z Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles Undurti, Aditya David W. Miller and Ronald J. Proulx. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189). Many demanding aerospace missions today require maneuverable re-entry vehicles that can fly trajectories that have stringent path and terminal constraints, including those that cannot be written as drag or energy constraints. This work presents a method based on trajectory optimization techniques to assess the capabilities of the re-entry vehicle by computing the landing and re-entry footprints while meeting these conditions. The models used also account for important non-linear effects seen during hypersonic flight. Several different vehicles are studied, and the effects of parameters such the maximum G-loading, stagnation point heat rate, and the maximum L/D are analyzed. by Aditya Undurti. S.M. 2009-08-26T16:54:06Z 2009-08-26T16:54:06Z 2007 2007 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46572 422604216 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 189 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Aeronautics and Astronautics. Undurti, Aditya Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title | Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title_full | Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title_fullStr | Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title_short | Optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| title_sort | optimal trajectories for maneuvering reentry vehicles |
| topic | Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46572 |
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