Cost-effectiveness criterion for optimal firing at surface targets by MLRS unguided rockets with ballistic aerodynamic brakes

Seeing and ballistic pointing at perisaccadic targets.

We studied the effects of visual references and the level of illumination on the localization of stimuli flashed briefly near the start of saccades. A translucent shutter made it possible to remove visual references, but admit light, at different times after saccadic onset. The results show that post-saccadic visual references are not necessary for compression: a consistent compression of verba...

Optimal Lot Sizing Policy for an Unreliable Manufacturing System Under Cost-Effectiveness Criterion

The traditional method of determining the optimal Economic Manufacturing Quantity (EMQ) policy for an unreliable production system is the minimization of the expected cost per unit time in the steady state which does not consider the reliability of the system in true sense. The purpose of this article is to introduce an alternative criterion of optimality called cost effectiveness which takes i...

Ballistic Deployment of WSN Nodes using Model Rockets

Wireless sensor networks consisting of a large number of relatively inexpensive nodes are used in a variety of tasks. When being used in difficult to access terrain, or dangerous surroundings, such as often encountered in disaster scenarios, the deployment of a WSN becomes a challenge. In this paper we introduce a novel approach for deploying a WSN: We propose using small-scale model rockets as...

Ballistic Experiments with Titanium and Aluminum Targets

A New Guidance Method for Surface to Surface Ballistic Missiles without Mandatory Engine Cut-Off

In this paper, a new guidance method for surface to surface ballistic missiles without mandatory engine cut-off will be presented. The complexity of solid fuel engine cut-off demands a comprehensive method for guiding these missiles. In the method presented in this paper, a certain guidance law is applied such that by transmitting appropriate commands to the control system, by changing the miss...