An Efficient Computation of Effective Ground Range Using an Oblate Earth Model
Joint Authors
Ahmad, Shahid
Ahmad, Fayyaz
Ullah, Malik Zaka
Maturi, D. A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An effcient method is presented to calculate the ground range of a ballistic missile trajectory on a nonrotating Earth.
The spherical Earth model does not provide good approximation of distance between two locations on the surface of Earth.
We used oblate spheroid Earth model because it provides better approximations.
The effective ground range of a ballistic missile is an arc-length of a planner elliptic (or circle) curve which passes through the launch and target points on the surface of Earth model.
A general formulation is presented to calculate the arc-length of an elliptic (or circle) curve which is the intersection of oblate Earth model and a plane.
Explicit formulas are developed to calculate the coordinates of center of the ellipse as well as major and minor axes which are necessary ingredients for the calculation of effective ground range.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Maturi, D. A.& Ullah, Malik Zaka& Ahmad, Shahid& Ahmad, Fayyaz. 2014. An Efficient Computation of Effective Ground Range Using an Oblate Earth Model. Abstract and Applied Analysis،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Maturi, D. A.…[et al.]. An Efficient Computation of Effective Ground Range Using an Oblate Earth Model. Abstract and Applied Analysis No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Maturi, D. A.& Ullah, Malik Zaka& Ahmad, Shahid& Ahmad, Fayyaz. An Efficient Computation of Effective Ground Range Using an Oblate Earth Model. Abstract and Applied Analysis. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1033771
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1033771