Control and simulation of relative motion for aerial refueling in racetrack maneuvers

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1551-1557

  Dogan, Atilla ^a,c,d   Kim, Eunyoung ^a,c   Blake, William ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT FUELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POSITION CONTROL;

AERIAL REFUELING; RACETRACK MANEUVERS; RELATIVE MOTION; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

MOTION CONTROL;

EID: 35349029330     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.29487     Document Type: Article

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