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Guidance of a Small Spacecraft for Soft Landing on an Asteroid using Fuzzy Control
Author Info
Hartmann, Jacob
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-448X
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439300900
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Aerospace Engineering.
Abstract
The problem of landing a small spacecraft on the surface of an asteroid is analyzed in this thesis. The main effort of the thesis is focused around developing a fuzzy logic system to act as the controller. The fuzzy logic system is paired with a genetic algorithm to optimize the controller’s membership functions. This optimized controller is then compared with two established controllers: an Optimal Control approach, and a Multiple Sliding-Surfaces Guidance algorithm. The genetic-fuzzy approach presented is applicable to designing controllers for various spacecraft and asteroid profiles.
Committee
Grant Schaffner, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Kelly Cohen, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Elad Kivelevitch, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
82 p.
Subject Headings
Aerospace Materials
Keywords
fuzzy logic control
;
asteroid
;
spacecraft guidance
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Hartmann, J. (2015).
Guidance of a Small Spacecraft for Soft Landing on an Asteroid using Fuzzy Control
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439300900
APA Style (7th edition)
Hartmann, Jacob.
Guidance of a Small Spacecraft for Soft Landing on an Asteroid using Fuzzy Control.
2015. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439300900.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Hartmann, Jacob. "Guidance of a Small Spacecraft for Soft Landing on an Asteroid using Fuzzy Control." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439300900
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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