Peak-seeking control for drag reduction in formation flight

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1221-1230

  Chichka, David F ^a,e,f   Speyer, Jason L ^b,e,f   Fanti, Claudio ^c,g   Park, Chan Gook ^d,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^e Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ^*

^f AIAA   (United States)

^g Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informatica

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; DRAG REDUCTION; PEAK-SEEKING CONTROLLER;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 33749609683     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15424     Document Type: Article

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