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CONTROL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SELF-SEPARATION OF IN-TRAIL AIRCRAFT
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ALONSO, ELENA
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116261083
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2005, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Aerospace Engineering.
Abstract
One of the responsibilities of air traffic controllers is to maintain aircraft separation in flight. However, with growing air traffic demands, current research is investigating the possibility of delegating some of that responsibility to the cockpit. One suggested implementation of this concept is the design of a control law that will assist pilots in a stream of in-trail aircraft to maintain separation. The goal of this thesis is to develop and apply control laws that can aid in the maintenance of separation of long strings of aircraft. Automatic Dependence Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) is used to communicate state vectors. The dynamics and controls of the aircraft are numerically simulated with the design of a MATLAB program. The results for the tests run show promising results. Further tests can be run to potentially optimize the control schemes chosen as well as analyze different flight trajectories.
Committee
Dr. Gary Slater (Advisor)
Pages
107 p.
Subject Headings
Engineering, Aerospace
Keywords
In-Trail Aircraft
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Self-Separation
;
Dynamics and Controls
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ALONSO, E. (2005).
CONTROL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SELF-SEPARATION OF IN-TRAIL AIRCRAFT
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116261083
APA Style (7th edition)
ALONSO, ELENA.
CONTROL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SELF-SEPARATION OF IN-TRAIL AIRCRAFT.
2005. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116261083.
MLA Style (8th edition)
ALONSO, ELENA. "CONTROL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SELF-SEPARATION OF IN-TRAIL AIRCRAFT." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116261083
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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