Steady turns and optimal paths for underwater gliders

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2643-2655

  Mahmoudian, Nina ^a   Woolsey, Craig A ^a   Geisbert, Jesse ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; GLIDERS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PROPULSION; TURNING;

NATURAL EFFICIENCY; QUASI-STEADY GLIDER MOTIONS; UNDERWATER GLIDERS;

UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

EID: 37249068468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-6602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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