Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field

Autores
Archenti, Aníbal R.; Vinh, Nguyen X.
Año de publicación
1973
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
This paper presents the general equations of the intermediate-thrust arcs in a general, time-invariant, central force field. Two families of planar arcs, namely, the family of Lawden's spirals in the equatorial plane of an oblate planet and the family of intermediate-thrust arcs in a gravitational field of the form μ/rn, have been considered in detail. The Kelley-Contensou condition has been used to test their optimality condition. It is shown that, in the first case, there exist portions of the arcs at a finite distance satisfying the condition, while, in the second case, the entire family satisfies the condition for n ≥ 3. Hence, in a perturbed Newtonian gravitational force field, the intermediate-thrust arcs, under certain favorable conditions, can be part of an optimal trajectory.
Facultad de Ingeniería
Materia
Ingeniería
Ingeniería Aeronáutica
Optimality Condition
Force Field
Favorable Condition
General Equation
Gravitational Field
Nivel de accesibilidad
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
title Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
spellingShingle Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
Archenti, Aníbal R.
Ingeniería
Ingeniería Aeronáutica
Optimality Condition
Force Field
Favorable Condition
General Equation
Gravitational Field
title_short Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
title_full Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
title_fullStr Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
title_full_unstemmed Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
title_sort Intermediate-thrust arcs and their optimality in a central, time-invariant force field
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Archenti, Aníbal R.
Vinh, Nguyen X.
author Archenti, Aníbal R.
author_facet Archenti, Aníbal R.
Vinh, Nguyen X.
author_role author
author2 Vinh, Nguyen X.
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería
Ingeniería Aeronáutica
Optimality Condition
Force Field
Favorable Condition
General Equation
Gravitational Field
topic Ingeniería
Ingeniería Aeronáutica
Optimality Condition
Force Field
Favorable Condition
General Equation
Gravitational Field
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper presents the general equations of the intermediate-thrust arcs in a general, time-invariant, central force field. Two families of planar arcs, namely, the family of Lawden's spirals in the equatorial plane of an oblate planet and the family of intermediate-thrust arcs in a gravitational field of the form μ/r<sup>n</sup>, have been considered in detail. The Kelley-Contensou condition has been used to test their optimality condition. It is shown that, in the first case, there exist portions of the arcs at a finite distance satisfying the condition, while, in the second case, the entire family satisfies the condition for n ≥ 3. Hence, in a perturbed Newtonian gravitational force field, the intermediate-thrust arcs, under certain favorable conditions, can be part of an optimal trajectory.
Facultad de Ingeniería
description This paper presents the general equations of the intermediate-thrust arcs in a general, time-invariant, central force field. Two families of planar arcs, namely, the family of Lawden's spirals in the equatorial plane of an oblate planet and the family of intermediate-thrust arcs in a gravitational field of the form μ/r<sup>n</sup>, have been considered in detail. The Kelley-Contensou condition has been used to test their optimality condition. It is shown that, in the first case, there exist portions of the arcs at a finite distance satisfying the condition, while, in the second case, the entire family satisfies the condition for n ≥ 3. Hence, in a perturbed Newtonian gravitational force field, the intermediate-thrust arcs, under certain favorable conditions, can be part of an optimal trajectory.
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