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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465013703321

Autore

Ben-Asher Joseph Z. <1955->

Titolo

Optimal control theory with aerospace applications [[electronic resource] /] / Joseph Z. Ben-Asher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c2010

ISBN

1-60086-734-0

1-60086-733-2

1-61344-043-X

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 262 p. : ill

Collana

AIAA education series

Disciplina

629.132/6

Soggetti

Automatic pilot (Airplanes)

Flight control

Guided missiles - Control systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical background -- Ordinary minimum problems : from the beginning of calculus to Kuhn-Tucker -- Calculus of variations : from Bernoulli to Bliss -- Minimum principle of Pontryagin and Hestenes -- Application of the Jacobi test in optimal control and neighboring extremals -- Numerical techniques for the optimal control problem -- Singular perturbation technique and its application to air-to-space interception -- Application to aircraft performance : Rutowski and Kaiser's techniques and more -- Application to rocket performance : the Goddard problem -- Application to missile guidance : proportional navigation -- Application to time-optimal rotational maneuvers of flexible spacecraft.