Optimal control of an aircraft-towed flexible cable system

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-410

  Williams, Paul ^a,b   Sgarioto, Daniel ^a   Trivailo, Pavel ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORIES; WIND STRESS;

AIRCRAFT-TOWED FLEXIBLE CABLE SYSTEM; LUMPED MASSES; MULTIPLE RENDEZVOUS SEQUENCES; RELATED SYSTEMS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645559842     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13993     Document Type: Article

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