Title

Computing short-time aircraft maneuvers using direct methods

Authors

G. Basset; Y. Xu;O. A. Yakimenko

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Comput. Syst. Sci. Int.

Keywords

DIRECT TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; COSTATE; ESTIMATION; Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science, ; Cybernetics; Computer Science, Theory & Methods

Abstract

This paper analyzes the applicability of direct methods to design optimal short-term spatial maneuvers for an unmanned vehicle in a faster than real-time scale. It starts by introducing different basic control schemes, which employ online trajectory generation. Next, it presents and analyzes the results obtained through two recently developed direct transcription (collocation) methods: the Gauss pseudospec-tral method and the Legendre-Gauss-Lobatto pseudosp ectral method. The achieved results are further compared with those found through the Pontryagin's Maximum (Minimum) Principle, and the paper continues by providing another set of direct method simulations incorporating more realistic boundary conditions. Finally, the results obtained using the third direct method, based on inverse dynamics in the virtual domain, are presented and discussed.

Journal Title

Journal of Computer and Systems Sciences International

Volume

49

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

481

Last Page

513

WOS Identifier

WOS:000279228700014

ISSN

1064-2307

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