Engineering: Goddard rocket

Direct download AIMMS Project GoddardRocket.zip

Problem type: NLP (medium)

Description: Maximization of the final altitude of a vertically launched rocket, using the thrust as a control and given the initial mass, the fuel mass, and the drag characteristics of the rocket.

References: Dolan, E.D., J.J. More, Benchmarking Optimization Software with COPS, 2000.