Terminal transient for minimum-time dash mission

The terminal stage of a minimum-time mission of a high- performance aircraft is studied using both a reduced-order "energy" model formulation and a point-mass model formulation of the aircraft. The mission is confined to vertical plane maneuvers, and is defined as consisting of three...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lightsey, W. D.
Other Authors: Aerospace Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44678
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09082012-040457/