Flow sensing for height estimation and control of a rotor in ground effect: Modeling and experimental results

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue January, 2015, Pages 1878-1889

  Hooi, Chin Gian ^a   Lagor, Francis D ^a   Paley, Derek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CONTROLLERS; DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROTORS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLERS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; DYNAMIC CONTROLLER; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND; HEIGHT ESTIMATION; OPEN LOOP DYNAMICS;

GROUND EFFECT;

EID: 84938125649     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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