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Aerodynamic Stability Analysis of Quadcopters Subject to Unsteady Wind Conditions
Title
Aerodynamic Stability Analysis of Quadcopters Subject to Unsteady Wind Conditions
Author
Slingluff, Mason
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description
The quadcopter has become an increasingly utilized tool in the military and aerospace fields over the last several years. For quadcopters to be used in surveillance, search and rescue and even delivery applications, the quadcopter must be able to ...
Aerodynamics of UAV Ground Effect Interactions
Title
Aerodynamics of UAV Ground Effect Interactions
Author
Timms, William
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description
With the advent of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) becoming more prevalent for military and commercial applications, gaining a better understanding of their aerodynamic characteristics is critical. No matter the application, each operatio...
Imeplementation of Consensus Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers in a Model Predictive Control Problem with Applications in Traffic Networks
Title
Imeplementation of Consensus Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers in a Model Predictive Control Problem with Applications in Traffic Networks
Author
Tolone, Joseph
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Mechanical engineering
Description
In this work, consensus Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) was implemented with the intention of improving the performance of Model Predictive Control (MPC) on an automobile traffic network. Automobile traffic networks must be engi...
Trajectory tracking control for nonholonomic robots with actuation noise and imperfect communication
Title
Trajectory tracking control for nonholonomic robots with actuation noise and imperfect communication
Author
Lawless, Frank
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Engineering
Description
When executing safety-critical missions, tracking algorithms must be dependable, accurate, and have quantifiable tracking performance in non-ideal environments (e.g., actuation noise, delayed communication, and noisy measurement). Trajectory track...