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Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications

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 sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Longuski, James M., Guzmán, José J. (Author), Prussing, John E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Space Technology Library
Subjects:
Aerospace Technology And Astronautics
Astronautics
Aerospace Engineering
Classical Mechanics
Applied And Technical Physics
Control And Systems Theory
Control Engineering
Physics
Mechanics
Differential Equations
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: Parameter Optimization
  • Chapter Two: Optimal Control Theory
  • Chapter Three: The Euler-Lagrange Theorem
  • Chapter Four: Application of the Euler-Lagrange Theorem
  • Chapter Five: The Weierstrass Condition
  • Chapter Six: The Minimum Principle
  • Chapter Seven: Some Applications
  • Chapter Eight: Weierstrass-Erdmann Corner Conditions
  • Chapter Nine: Bounded Control Problems
  • Chapter Ten: General Theory of Optimal Rocket Trajectories
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography

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