System verification of MSL Skycrane using an integrated ADAMS simulation

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  White, Christopher ^a   Antoun, George ^b   Brugarolas, Paul ^a   Lih, Shyh Shiuh ^a   Peng, Chia Yen ^a   Phan, Linh ^a   Martin, Alejandro San ^a   Sell, Steven ^a   Singh, Gurkirpal ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATA Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMS SIMULATION; CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK CONTROL; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FLIGHT SOFTWARE; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MECHANICAL SUB-SYSTEMS; SYSTEM VERIFICATIONS; TIGHTLY-COUPLED;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84861128912     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2012.6186994     Document Type: Conference Paper

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