Time-optimal parameterization of geometric paths for fixed-wing aircraft

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Yiming ^a   Tsiotras, Panagiotis ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CONSTRAINT; FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT; INVERSE DYNAMICS; MINIMUM TIME; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL SPEED; OPTIMAL VELOCITY; OPTIMALITY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL; TIME-OPTIMAL; VELOCITY PROFILES;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; FIXED WINGS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 78649988880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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