Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department
Aeronautics and Astronautics
First Advisor
Michael J Grant
Committee Member 1
James M Longuski
Committee Member 2
William A Crossley
Abstract
Conceptual hypersonic mission design has typically been performed in a computationally intensive, iterative manner using direct optimization methods. The introduction of modern computing has resulted in the widespread adoption of direct methods, and useful information associated with optimal solutions has been lost. Optimization through indirect methods leverages this information, yielding high quality trajectories while reducing the dimensionality of the overall problem.
Recommended Citation
Sparapany, Michael, "Towards the Real-Time Application of Indirect Methods for Hypersonic Missions" (2015). Open Access Theses. 1161.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1161