Browsing by Author "Mirmirani, M. D."
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Adaptive control for a class of large scale non-linear systems
Xu, H.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2005)The design of stabilizing controllers for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) non-linear plants with unknown non-linearities is a challenging problem. The inability to identify the non-linearities on-line or off-line accurately ...
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Adaptive control of unmanned aerial vehicles in atmospheric flight with reduced models
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2007)We propose an approximate implementation scheme for an adaptive linear quadratic control structure by employing a balanced truncation procedure in the loop prior to solving the associated Algebraic Riccati Equation (ARE). ...
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Adaptive LQ control with anti-windup augmentation to optimize UAV performance in autonomous soaring applications
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2008)The performance of a glider can be considerably improved by means of soaring and optimization of its trajectory. Recent advances in the area of static soaring assume known linear glider dynamics and no actuator saturation ...
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Adaptive mode suppression scheme for an aeroelastic airbreathing hypersonic cruise vehicle
Levin, J.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2008)This paper presents an adaptive mode suppression scheme that is simulated on a longitudinal model of a generic airbreathing hypersonic flight vehicle. An aerodynamically optimized vehicle model is used which has a long ...
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Adaptive sliding mode control design for a hypersonic flight vehicle
Xu, H.; Mirmirani, M. D.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2004)A multi-input/multi-output adaptive sliding controller is designed and analyzed for the longitudinal dynamics of a generic hypersonic air vehicle. This vehicle model is nonlinear, multivariable, and unstable and includes ...
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A heuristic search algorithm for maneuvering of UAVs across dense thermal areas
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2007)In order to ensure that an aircraft has the potential to meet the assigned performance requirements which are often mission specific, the particular aerodynamic demands involved must be taken into account during the aircraft ...
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Optimal static soaring of UAVs using vehicle routing with time windows
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2007)Soaring, a biologically inspired technique recognized as a sport worldwide, has recently been investigated for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications. Satisfactory experimental results have been obtained in terms of ...
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A robust adaptive control design for gliders subject to actuator saturation nonlinearities
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2007)Range, endurance and cross-country speed of a glider can be considerably improved by efficient soaring methods. Recent static soaring research assumes known linear glider dynamics which do not change with flight conditions, ...
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A stochastic approach to optimal soaring problem and robust adaptive LQG control
Kahveci, N. E.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Mirmirani, M. D. (2007)The soaring performance of a glider Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) depends a great deal on the thermal characteristics including thermal strength and location. Onboard sensor measurements are typically corrupted by noise ...