Abstract

The class of slender, axisymmetric missiles of given length, thickness, and specific weight is considered under the assumptions that the pressure distribution is modified Newtonian and the surface-averaged skin-friction coefficient is constant. The problem of minimizing the ballistic factor is formulated and solved first by direct methods for the class of power-law bodies and then by the indirect methods of the calculus of variations.

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