"Want to know not just what makes rockets go up but how to do it optimally? Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it. This is the first book that begins from scratch to teach the reader the basic principles of the calculus of variations, develop the necessary conditions step-by-step, and introduce the elementary computational techniques of optimal control. This book, with problems and an online solution manual, provides the graduate-level reader with enough introductory knowledge so that he or she can not only read the literature and study the next level textbook but can also apply the theory to find optimal solutions in practice. No more is needed than the usual background of an undergraduate engineering, science, or mathematics program: namely calculus, differential equations, and numerical integration. Although finding optimal solutions for these problems is a complex process involving the calculus of variations, the authors carefully lay out step-by-step the most important theorems and concepts. Numerous examples are worked to demonstrate how to apply the theories to everything from classical problems (e.g., crossing a river in minimum time) to engineering problems (e.g., minimum-fuel launch of a satellite). Throughout the book use is made of the time-optimal launch of a satellite into orbit as an important case study with detailed analysis of two examples: launch from the Moon and launch from Earth. For launching into the field of optimal solutions, look no further!"--Back cover

    Parameter Optimization -- Optimal Control Theory -- The Euler-Lagrange Theorem -- Application of the Euler-Lagrange Theorem -- The Weierstrass Condition -- The Minimum Principle -- Some Applications -- Weierstrass-Erdmann Corner Conditions -- Bounded Control Problems -- General Theory of Optimal Rocket Trajectories


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    Title :

    Optimal control with aerospace applications


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    XX, 273 S.


    Remarks:

    graph. Darst.
    Literaturverz. S. 249 - 267



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    MSC:    *70-01 / 70G75 / 00A06 / 70Q05 / 70P05
    DDC:    515/.642
    BKL:    50.03 Methoden und Techniken der Ingenieurwissenschaften / 55.60 Raumfahrttechnik
    RVK:    ZO 8000



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