Optimal Dolphin soaring as a variational problem

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  • Risto Arho The City College of the City University of New York

Keywords:

Training, Meteorology

Abstract

The flight technique that often yields the best result in cross-country flying is the so-called 'Dolphin' motion....  In this paper we have solved the problem of minimum flight time in dynamic soaring by the application of calculus of variations....

Author Biography

Risto Arho, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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2017-12-25

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