Control of aircraft for inspection of linear infrastructure

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1397-1409

  Bruggemann, Troy S ^a   Ford, Jason J ^a   Walker, Rodney A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive maneuver selection; Aircraft control; guidance; linear infrastructure; power line inspection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANEUVER SELECTION; AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY; AUTOMATED INSPECTION; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT TEST; GUIDANCE LAWS; HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE; ORIENTATION PROPERTIES; POWER LINES; POWER TRANSMISSION GRIDS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; BRIDGES; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FIXED WINGS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; FREE FLIGHT; INSPECTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 80052874062     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2010.2093937     Document Type: Article

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