Optimal transition maneuvers for a class of V/STOL aircraft

Automatica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 870-879

  Naldi, Roberto ^a   Marconi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Nonlinear systems; Numerical optimization; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE; APPROXIMATED SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; FINITE NUMBER; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS; INITIAL GUESS; MINIMUM TIME; MOTION PRIMITIVES; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL TRANSITION; SMALL SCALE; V/STOL AIRCRAFT;

CONTROL; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 79954875964     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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