Distributed control of close formation flight

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2972-2977

  Fowler, Jeffrey M ^a   D'Andrea, Raffaello ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; WINGS;

CLOSE FORMATION FLIGHT; DISTRIBUTED CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM; DRAG REDUCTION;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036996517     PISSN: 01912216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. Taylor, M. E., Partial Differential Equations I: Basic Theory. Springer Verlag, 1996.
2. Laughlin, D. L., M. Morari, and R. D. Braatz, "Robust performance of cross-directional control systems for web processes," Automatica, vol. 29 (1993), pp. 1394-1410.
3. Stewart, G. E., Two Dimensional Loop Shaping Controller Design for Paper Machine Cross-directional Processes. PhD thesis, University of British Columbia, 2000.
4. Stewart, G. E., M. D. Gorinevsky, and G. A. Dumont, "Spatial loop shaping: A case study on cross-directional profile control," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego CA, June 1999, pp. 3098-3103.
5. Kapila, V., A. G. Sparks, J. Buffington, and Q. Yan, "Spacecraft formation flying: Dynamics and control," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego CA, June 1999, pp. 4137-4141.
6. Mesbai, M., and F. Y. Hadaegh, "Graphs, matrix inequalities, and switching for the formation flying control of multiple spacecraft," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego CA, June 1999, pp. 4148-4152.
7. Robertson, A. D., and G. Inalhan, "Formation control strategies for a separated spacecraft interferometer," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego CA, June 1999, pp. 4142-4147.
8. Shaw, G. B., D. W. Miller, and D. E. Hastings, The Generalized Information Network Analysis Methodology for Distributed Sattelite Systems. PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998.
9. D'Andrea, R., "A linear matrix inequality approach to decentralized control of distributed parameter systems," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Philadelphia PA, June 1998, pp. 1350-1354.
10. Lissaman and Shollenberger, "Formation flight of birds," Science, vol. 168 (1970), pp. 1003-1005.
11. Wolfe, J., D. F. Chichka, and J. L. Speyer, "Decentralized controllers for unmanned aerial vehicle formation flight," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, vol. 96 (1996), p. 3933.
12. Chichka, D. F., and J. L. Speyer, "Solar-powered, formation enhanced aerial vehicle system for sustained endurance," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Philadelphia PA, June 1998, pp. 684-688.
13. Shevell, R. S., Fundamentals of Flight, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1989.
14. D'Andrea, R., "Software for modeling, analysis, and control design for multidimensional systems," IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design, 1999, pp. 24-27.