Abstract: The problem considered is that of determining the acceleration program leading to minimum transfer time for a power-limited rocket moving between prescribed positions and velocities in a constant ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the inverse problem of finding a suitable integrand so that upon the use of the calculus of variations, one obtains the equations of motion for systems in which the ...

Abstract: A class of nonlinear oscillator that scales input‐output relations is identified and studied in this paper. This type of system shows variable stiffness, variable damping, or both, and is piecewise linear in conical regions ...