String instabilities in formation flight: Limitations due to integral constraints

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 873-879

  Seiler, P ^a   Pant, A ^b   Hedrick, J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Tata Res Devmt and Design Center   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; CONTROL LAWS; ENERGY SAVINGS; FLIGHT CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL THEORY; ERRORS; HELICOPTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VECTORS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 17044429039     PISSN: 00220434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1858444     Document Type: Article

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