Date of Award
Summer 1959
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
Pettit, Harvey
Second Advisor
Heider, J. L.
Third Advisor
Swokowski, E. W.
Abstract
In recent years, the science of flight mechanics as applied to long range ballistic missiles has become a rapidly expanding field. It has, in fact, developed with such rapidity that a major restriction on its versatility has been the finding of proper mathematical models to explain and predict missile flight characteristics. Presently, the total missile trajectory from the moment of launch to that of impact at the target is completely programmed on a digital computing facility. (1.) The writing of the computer program, and assuring its subsequent reliability, is most complex and checks on the solution are desirable at the stages of the trajectory analysis. It is the purpose of this paper to provide such a check on the missile position at any point of the free flight trajectory, in terms of a position vector from the launch point to the missile, whenever the distance downrange and the initial conditions at launch are known.
Recommended Citation
Reitmeyer, William L., "An Investigation of a Long Range Ballistic Trajectory Equation Given in Terms of Position Vectors" (1959). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 2164.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/2164