Dynamics and control study of a Titan aerobot from a system design perspective

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1439-1460

  Joshi, Sanjay S ^a,c,d   Acosta, Diana M ^a,c,d   Payne, Jeffrey ^a,c   Sharma, Shivanjli ^a,c   Elfes, Alberto ^b   Trebi Ollennu, Ashitey ^b   Hall, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIP MODEL; GAS GIANTS; PAYLOAD PLACEMENT; TITAN AEROBOTS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AIRSHIPS;

EID: 29744433757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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