DocumentCode
1127580
Title
Computation of Optimal Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus Trajectories
Author
Powers, William F. ; Yoshimura, Shoichi
Author_Institution
Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Issue
5
fYear
1977
Firstpage
549
Lastpage
550
Abstract
Accurate solutions of minimal time Earth-Mars and Earth-Venus heliocentric trajectories are calculated with a shooting-Newton method. The flight times are less and the steering histories are diferent than those presented in [1], thus contradicting the optimality claims in [1].
Keywords
Aerospace simulation; Boundary conditions; Equations; Fuels; Gradient methods; History; Lagrangian functions; Optimal control; User-generated content;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1977.308424
Filename
4101870
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