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Orbital Data Applications for Space Objects

Conjunction Assessment and Situation Analysis

by Lei Chen, Xian-Zong Bai, Yan-Gang Liang
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

This book introduces readers to the application of orbital data on space objects in the contexts of conjunction assessment and space situation analysis, including theories and methodologies. It addresses the main topics involved in space object conjunction assessment, such as: orbital error analysis...

State Estimation and Control for Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

by Chingiz Hajiyev, Halil Ersin Soken, Sıtkı Yenal Vural
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015

This book discusses state estimation and control procedures for a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The authors consider the use of robust adaptive Kalman filter algorithms and demonstrate their advantages over the optimal Kalman filter in the context of the difficult and varied environments...

Planning and Decision Making for Aerial Robots

by Yasmina Bestaoui Sebbane
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014

This book provides an introduction to the emerging field of planning and decision making for aerial robots. An aerial robot is the ultimate form of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, an aircraft endowed with built-in intelligence, requiring no direct human control and able to perform a specific task. It must...

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3

Proceedings of the 32nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2014

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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014

This third volume of eight from the IMAC - XXXII Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: Linear Systems Substructure...

AeroStruct: Enable and Learn How to Integrate Flexibility in Design

Contributions to the Closing Symposium of the German Research Initiative AeroStruct, October 13–14, 2015, Braunschweig, Germany

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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018

This book reports on the German research initiative AeroStruct, a three-year collaborative project between universities and the aircraft industry. It describes the development of an integrated multidisciplinary simulation environment for aircraft analysis and optimization using high-fidelity methods....

Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 5

Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013

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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013

Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume : Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the fifth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection...

Spacecraft Systems Engineering

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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011

This fourth edition of the bestselling Spacecraft Systems Engineering title provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of the design of spacecraft and the implementation of space missions, across a wide spectrum of space applications and space science. The text has been thoroughly revised and...

Adaptive Interference Mitigation in GNSS

by Renbiao Wu, Wenyi Wang, Dan Lu
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017

This book introduces readers to adaptive interference mitigation techniques based on multiple antennas for global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in the time, domain, spatial and spatial-temporal domains. As the performance of GNSS can easily be impacted by various intentional and unintentional...

Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Autonomous Air Vehicles

by Isaac Kaminer, António M. Pascoal, Enric Xargay
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017

Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Autonomous Air Vehicles presents, in an easy-to-read style, the latest research conducted in the industry, while also introducing a set of novel ideas that illuminate a new approach to problem-solving. The book is virtually self-contained, giving the reader a complete,...

Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring

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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012

This title analyzes distributed Earth observation missions from different perspectives. In particular, the issues arising when the payloads are distributed on different satellites are considered from both the theoretical and practical points of view. Moreover, the problems of designing, measuring,...

Indoor Navigation Strategies for Aerial Autonomous Systems

by Pedro Castillo-Garcia, Laura Elena Munoz Hernandez, Pedro Garcia Gil
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016

Indoor Navigation Strategies for Aerial Autonomous Systems presents the necessary and sufficient theoretical basis for those interested in working in unmanned aerial vehicles, providing three different approaches to mathematically represent the dynamics of an aerial vehicle. The book contains...

China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings

Satellite Navigation Signal System, Compatibility & Interoperability • Augmentation & Integrity Monitoring • Models & Methods

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Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014

China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings presents selected research papers from CSNC2013, held on 15-17 May in Wuhan, China. The theme of CSNC2013 is: BeiDou Application: Opportunities and Challenges. These papers discuss the technologies and applications of the Global Navigation...

Quad Rotorcraft Control

Vision-Based Hovering and Navigation

by Luis Rodolfo García Carrillo, Alejandro Enrique Dzul López, Rogelio Lozano
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012

Quad Rotorcraft Control develops original control methods for the navigation and hovering flight of an autonomous mini-quad-rotor robotic helicopter. These methods use an imaging system and a combination of inertial and altitude sensors to localize and guide the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle...