Time-optimal path following for fixed-wing aircraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-95

  Zhao, Yiming ^a   Tsiotras, Panagiotis ^b,c  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRAVEL TIME;

CONTROL CONSTRAINT; MINIMUM TIME; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; OPTIMAL SPEED; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SPEED PROFILE; STATE TRAJECTORY; TIME-OPTIMAL;

FIXED WINGS;

EID: 84873657808     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.57471     Document Type: Article

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