Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
A number of studies dealing with fuel minimization are concerned with three-dimensional flight. However, only Neuman and Kreindler (1982) consider cases involving commercial jet transports. In the latter study, only the climb-out and descent portions of complete long-range flight paths below 10,000 ft altitude have been investigated. The present investigation is concerned with the computation of minimum-fuel nonturning and turning flight paths for climb-outs from 2000 to 10,000 ft for long-range flights (greater than 50 n mi), and for complete flight paths of lengths between 5 and 50 n mi.
Keywords:
AIRCRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (ISSN 0731-5090); 8; 650-657
Format:
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