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comparison of methods for computing gravitational potential derivatives

L. J. Gulick

# comparison of methods for computing gravitational potential derivatives

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• Gravitational potential.

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Bibliography: p. 8.

Classifications The Physical Object Statement [by] L. J. Gulick. Series ESSA technical report C&GS 40 LC Classifications QB280 .U53 no. 40, QC178 .U53 no. 40 Pagination iii, 32 p. Number of Pages 32 Open Library OL4376615M LC Control Number 78610611

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### comparison of methods for computing gravitational potential derivatives by L. J. Gulick Download PDF EPUB FB2

Get this from a library. A comparison of methods for computing gravitational potential derivatives. [L J Gulick; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,]. Computing derivatives of a gravity potential by using automatic differentiation. A new method, based on automatic differentiation technique, has been proposed in this paper to compute the derivatives of the gravity potential.

Using this method we can obtain derivatives up to any order. All methods are based on second-order derivatives of the Newtonian mass integral for the gravitational potential. Foremost are algorithms that divide the topographic masses into prisms or more general polyhedra and sum the corresponding gradient by:   The analytical forms provide numerical values for these quantities which satisfy the functional connections existing between these quantities at the level of numerical precision applied.

Closed expressions for the gravitational potential of the prism and its derivatives (up to the third order) are listed for easy by: The numerical experiments show that, in computing the gravitational potential, the gravity vector, and the gravity gradient tensor, the new method runs, and times faster than the.

We present novel expressions for the gravitational potential and its first derivative induced by a prism, having a constant mass density, at an observation point coincident with a prism vertex. They are obtained as a special case of more general formulas which can be derived for an arbitrary homogeneous polyhedron.

In [1] expressions were constructed for the derivatives of all the orders of a planet's gravitational potential with respect to the rectangular coordinates related to the gravity center of a planet. These expressions are series of spherical functions. Comparative study on two methods for calculating the gravitational potential of a prism there are few literatures that provide accurate approaches for determining the gravitational potential of a prism.

Discrete element method can be used to determine the gravitational potential of a prism, and can approximate the true gravitational Cited by: 8. We developed an accurate method to compute the gravitational field of a tesseroid.

The method numerically integrates a surface integral representation of the gravitational potential of the tesseroid by conditionally splitting its line integration intervals and by using the double exponential quadrature rule. Then, it evaluates the gravitational acceleration vector and the gravity gradient Cited by: 9.

gravitational kinetic energy, is easily deduced by comparing Eq.(7) with Eq.(9). The result is EKg E. ()12 m m E Ki i g Kg = In the presented picture, we can say that the gravity, in a gravitational field produced by a particle of gravitational mass, depends on the particle's gravitational energy, (given by Eq.(7)), because we can write g Cited by: suitability of our methods, and about computational burden, are given in the last section.

Polyhedral Mutual Gravitational Potential,Forces, and Moments In this section, we present computational algorithms for determining the mutual gravitational potential, forces, and moments given polyhedral models of each of the two rigid : Eugene G.

Fahnestock, Taeyoung Lee, Melvin Leok, N. Harris McClamroch, Daniel J. Scheeres. This work is concerned with the comparison of four of the best-known methods for the computation of the gravitational potential and its gradients: the traditional formulation in terms of Associated Legendre Functions in spherical coordinates; the non-singular method of Pines; the algorithm developed by Cunningham and extended by Metris and collaborators; and a variant of the first method based on Cited by: 4 g rˆ r2 GM = − N kg −1 or m s −2 Here rˆ is a dimensionless unit vector in the radial direction.

It can also be written as g r r3 GM = − N kg −1 or m s −2 Here r is a vector of magnitude r − hence the r3 in the denominator. Gravitational field on the axis of a ring. Before starting, one can obtain a qualitative idea of how the field on the axis of a ringFile Size: KB.

In the first approach Newton’s integral is evaluated by a discretised numerical integration using the gravitational potential (or its derivatives) caused by regularly shaped bodies such as prisms or tesseroids (i.e., spherical or elliptical volume elements, respectively).

The second approach expresses Newton’s integral by spherical harmonic expansions of height or density functions, which can be Cited by: For the second vertical (radial) derivative of the gravitational potential the order of magnitude of both topographic and isostatic components amounts to about 10 E.U.

while the combined. A Comparison of Methods for Computing Gravitational Potential Derivatives, L. Gulick, September Price \$ (COM) Lansing G. Simmons, January George A. Maul, Januaxy (Continued on inside back cover). Thus, at the poles the first order derivatives of harmonic series with respect to colatitude B can be evaluated by N 88Y(B) ~: (cnl cos A + Snl sin A) dd1.

n-1 W. Bosch: On the Computation of Derivatives of Legendre Functions The slopes at the poles are functions of by: The gravitational potential (V) at a location is the gravitational potential energy (U) at that location per unit mass: =, where m is the mass of the object.

Potential energy is equal (in magnitude, but negative) to the work done by the gravitational field moving a body to its given position in space from infinity. Using finite-differences to compute various derivatives. Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches.

Transition from partial differential equations to systems of linear equations. Methods of solving large systems of linear equations: iterative methods (Jacobi iteration, Gauss-Seidel iteration), direct methods. where σ ij is the ijth component of the total stress tensor, x j is the jth coordinate axis, ρ is the density and g i is the ith component of the acceleration due to gravity (England & Molnar ).The above equations use summation notation, where i takes the values of x, y and z and the repeated index j represents the summation over x, y and clarity we show the cartesian form of (1).Cited by: It provides methods for computing the gravitational potential of arbitrary analytic density pro les or N-body models; orbit integration and anal- Comparison of the two approaches In both spherical-harmonic (5) and azimuthal-harmonic (6) compute the potential and its two derivatives at any point in space in a very e cient way.

In the. Four widely used algorithms for the computation of the Earth’s gravitational potential and its first- second- and third-order gradients are examined: the traditional increasing degree recursion in associated Legendre functions and its variant based on the Clenshaw summation, plus the methods of Pines and Cunningham–Metris, which are free from the singularities that distinguish the first Cited by: potential energy, both elastic and gravitational.

Similar principles apply when electric ﬁelds and charged particles are present (we include the electrostatic potential energy) and when chemical reactions take place (we include the chemical potential energy).

Two fundamental examples of such variational principles are due to Fermat and Size: KB. The two partial derivatives are equal and so this is a conservative vector field.

Now that we know how to identify if a two-dimensional vector field is conservative we need to address how to find a potential function for the vector field. This is actually a fairly simple process.

First, let’s assume that the vector field is conservative and. Gravitational force-Acceleration due to gravity (g) Variation in 'g' with height. Variation in 'g' with depth. Variation in 'g' due to Rotation of earth.

Gravitational field Intensity. Where F=Gravitational force. Gravitational Potential. Work done against gravity. Escape velocity. Escape energy. Kepler's 2nd law. Kepler's 3rd law. V P (2) is the normal gravitational potential at P. Note that to use equation 3, there must be a-priori knowledge of the gravity potential on the geoid (W P).

In addition, the location of P itself must be known to evaluate V P (1) and V P (2). That is, one must know the location of P.

system A so that we raise their potential energy by. This is done by choose the potential di erence so that q V = q(V B V A) =: (We could also have used a di erence in gravitational potential energy, mgh, or other ways to introduce a potential di erence).

Let us now reanalyze the system thermodynamically. A simple modelling method is proposed to study the orbit-attitude coupled dynamics of large solar power satellites based on natural coordinate formulation.

The generalized coordinates are composed of Cartesian coordinates of two points and Cartesian components of two unitary vectors instead of Euler angles and angular velocities, which is the Cited by: 5. General relativity (GR), also known as the general theory of relativity (GTR), is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in and the current description of gravitation in modern l relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal gravitation, providing a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and.

Potential Theory Gravitational Field of a Star Work Done by Gravitational Force Path Independence and Exact Differentials Gravity and Conservative Forces Gravitational Potential Gravitational Potential Energy of a System Helmholtz Theorem   They are required in evaluating the prolate spheroidal harmonic expansion of the gravitational field in addition to the point value and the low-order derivatives of, the 4π fully normalized ALF of the first kind with its argument in the domain, |t| ≤ 1.

The new method will be useful in the gravitational field computation of elongated Cited by: We compare how well some computational methods model a representative In a paper entitled ‘A Comparative Study of Computational Methods in Cosmic Gas Dynamics’ written inVan Albada, Van Leer, and Roberts, Jr.

[12] compared is the gravitational potential. Welcome back. In the last video, I showed you or hopefully, I did show you that if I apply a force of F to a stationary, an initially stationary object with mass m, and I apply that force for distance d, that that force times distance, the force times the distance that I'm pushing the object is equal to 1/2 mv squared, where m is the mass of the object, and v is the velocity of the object.

Vector Derivatives Computing the divergence Integral Representation of Curl The Gradient Shorter Cut for div and curl Identities for Vector Operators Applications to Gravity Gravitational Potential Index Notation More Complicated Potentials 10 Partial Di erential Equations The Heat Equation Separation of Variables File Size: 3MB.

On the definition of derivatives of the gravitational potential and of the relations between the moments of perturbing masses by a derivative given on a plane [in Russian]: Acad.

sci. : W. Ayzavoglou. The similarity between all those (as well as nuclear energy) is that work is done - or energy is expended - against a force (for example, to compress a spring, or to lift an object agasint gravity. Integration and di erentiation are inverse2 operations { if we take a derivative of a quantity, then integrate the derivative, we get back the original quantity.

This very important idea is called the Fundamental theorem of calculus5. Computing a derivative To show how this works, let’s produce some results using the data from Table1 File Size: KB. Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial propulsion or in-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used in the vacuum of space and should not be confused with launch l methods, both pragmatic and hypothetical, have been developed each having its own drawbacks and advantages.

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where is Newton's gravitational constant and is the mass density of the field sources. The field strength is defined as, while the force with which the field acts on a given test point mass is (the test mass itself does not disturb the field).

Newton's second law then gives the equation of motion of a test mass. In a concrete setting, Newton's theory of gravitation is applied to a number of. “Higher Derivatives Gravity” (hereafter called HDG), i.e. the family of gravitational theories generated by a metric second-order Lagrangian more general than Hilbert's one and consequently governed by field equations having in general order four, has attracted in recent years a lot of attention for various physical reasons (see, e.g., [In mathematics and physics, the Christoffel symbols are an array of numbers describing a metric connection.

The metric connection is a specialization of the affine connection to surfaces or other manifolds endowed with a metric, allowing distances to be measured on that differential geometry, an affine connection can be defined without reference to a metric, and many additional.Explain what the height is when you calculate an object's gravitational potential energy.

Heights equals the distance above some chosen reference level, such as the ground or floor of a building Kinetic energy is the energy of _____.