Model predictive control of a parafoil and payload system

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 816-821

  Slegers, Nathan ^a,b   Costello, Mark ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRAJECTORIES; VECTORS; WIND TUNNELS;

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL; MASS CENTERS; PARAFOIL SYSTEMS; PAYLOAD SYSTEMS;

PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 22944437461     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.12251     Document Type: Article

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