(, )
x
vv Q v x
′
= ,
1
1
(, ) (, )Qvx Qvx g
m
⎤
=− +
⎥
⎦
.
(16.3.19')
Assuming that
1
(, )Qvx mg and integrating, we get
() 2( )vx ghxψ== −,
1
,xxh∈ ,
(16.3.20)
hence a formula of Torricelli type, where
() 0hψ = . In this case,
11
()vxψ= and
111 1 1 1
(,) ((),)Fvt F x tψ= .
In the variational problem which is put (the minimizing of the functional (16.3.18))
one takes, usually,
1
x and
1
t fixed, to avoid the difficulties of calculation, writing –
consequently – the Euler-Lagrange equation for the function
(, ;)Fvxt ; if
1
x and
1
t
are variable, then the problem becomes much more complicated.
16.3.3 The Motion of the Aircraft Fitted Out with Jet
Propulsion Motors
In the case of modern aircraft fitted out with systems of jet propulsion of great traction,
a great consumption of combustible is emphasized; thus, during the work of the system
of propulsion, in the body of the aircraft circulate great masses of liquid, air and gases.
To determine the equations of motion which allow the study of the flying qualities, it is
necessary to take into account the displacement of the mass centre of the aircraft, the
variation of the moments of inertia and of the non-inertial frame of reference of the
principal axes of inertia with respect to a frame rigidly linked to the outer covering of
the aircraft. In 1975, M.M. Niţă and Gh. Drăgănoiu dealt with the motion of the mass
centre of the aircraft, while M.M. Niţă, considered, in 1979, its motion about the res-
pective centre; in this case, it is necessary that the aircraft be modelled as a mechanical
system of variable mass, by simultaneous emission and capture of mass (gas and air,
respectively). In what follows, we make some general considerations concerning the
general theorems corresponding to the mentioned case, applying then these results to
the motion of the aircraft.
16.3.3.1 Theorems of Momentum and of Moment of Momentum
We assume that the aircraft (modelled as a mechanical system S of variable mass) the
motion of which we are studying has, at the moment
t, a mass M (contained in the
interior of a surface
Σ, corresponding to the outer covering of the aircraft) of the form
scg
MM M M=++, (16.3.21)
where
s
M is the solid mass,
c
M is the combustible mass and
g
M is the mass of the
particles of gas (air or combustion products); the position vector of the mass centre
C
of the mechanical system
S, with respect to a non-inertial frame of reference R of
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