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Optimizing the ascent trajectory for an orbital class launch vehicle

Course project of SI1336 Simulation and Modeling

A course project of SI1336 Simulation and Modeling, initially to compare the fuel consumption of a rocket launching from the poles or the equator. To properly compare fuel consumption, an algorithm for optimising the trajectory was necessary. This was implemented using a randomised gradient method as well as a very simple PID loop.

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Part of activity

Degree program student, Engineering Physics
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Studying the 5 year degree program Engineering Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Projects within activity:
Numerical algorithms for time-delayed Newtonian gravity
Degree project, first cycle
Optimizing the ascent trajectory for an orbital class launch vehicle
Course project of SI1336 Simulation and Modeling
GPU accelerated matrix multiplication
Course project of SH1015 Applied Modern Physics
Dendrolog - a tree debugger
Course project of DD1327 Fundamentals of computer science

Tags

  • course project
  • numerical analysis

Technologies

  • C#