Controlled steady gliding and approximate trajectory tracking for vehicles subject to aerodynamic forcing

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 4279-4284

  Bhatta, Pradeep ^a   Leonard, Naomi Ehrich ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MODELS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MOTION ESTIMATION;

AERODYNAMIC FORCING; AERODYNAMIC MOMENTS; STEADY GLIDING MOTIONS; TRAJECTORY TRACKING;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 34047241047     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2006.1657391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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