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Aircraft program motion along a predetermined trajectory Part II. Numerical simulation with application of spline functions to trajectory definitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

W. Blajer*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanics, Technical University of Radom, Poland

Extract

Aspects of numerical simulation of aircraft program flight along a predetermined trajectory are presented. An emphasis is laid on the problem of describing the required trajectory by means of a succession of defined points. A spline function method is used for interpolation and smoothing routines. Some numerical illustrations of aircraft trajectory flight simulation (only planar motion) are demonstrated and discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1990 

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