Cable control of an aerostat platform - Experimental results and model validation

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4587-4603

  Lambert, Casey ^a,d,e   Nahon, Meyer ^a,d,e   Chalmers, Dean ^b,d   Gilardi, Gabriele ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION CONTROL; RADIO TELESCOPES; TETHERLINES;

ACTUATED TETHERS; LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR MODELS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33845729419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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