Maximizing endurance of unmanned aerial vehicle flight by utilizing wind gradient

2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited" Conference and Workshop and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Zhao, Yiyuan ^a   Celia Qi, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE CONTROL; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT PATHS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BENEFIT CRITERIONS; COLLOCATION APPROACHES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; TERMINAL CONSTRAINT;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84896031424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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