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  • Foundations of Circulation Control Based Small-Scale Unmanned Aircraft

    A Comprehensive Methodology from Concept to Design and Experimental Testing

    by Kimon P. Valavanis, Konstantinos Kanistras, Matthew J. Rutherford ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on using and implementing Circulation Control (CC) - an active flow control method used to produce increased lift over the traditionally used systems, like flaps, slats, etc. - to design a new type of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft that are endowed with improved aerodynamic efficiency, enhanced endurance, increased useful payload (fuel capacity, battery cells, on-board sensors) ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • Linear and Nonlinear Control of Small-Scale Unmanned Helicopters

    by Kimon P. Valavanis, Ioannis A. Raptis ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    There has been significant interest for designing flight controllers for small-scale unmanned helicopters. Such helicopters preserve all the physical attributes of their full-scale counterparts, being at the same time more agile and dexterous. This book presents a comprehensive and well justified analysis for designing flight controllers for small-scale unmanned helicopters guarantying flight ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Robust Formation Control for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

    by Hao Liu, Deyuan Liu, Yan Wan, Kimon Valavanis, Frank Lewis ...
    Series series Automation and Control Engineering
    This book is based on the authors’ recent research results on formation control problems, including time-varying formation, communication delays, fault-tolerant formation for multiple UAV systems with highly nonlinear and coupled, parameter uncertainties, and external disturbances.Differentiating from existing works, this book presents a robust optimal formation approach to designing distributed ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Nonlinear Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs with Time-Varying and Unstructured Uncertainties

    by Michail G. Michailidis, Kimon P. Valavanis, Matthew J. Rutherford ...
    Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
    This book introduces a comprehensive and mathematically rigorous controller design for families of nonlinear systems with time-varying parameters and unstructured uncertainties. Although the presented methodology is general, the specific family of systems considered is the latest, NextGen, unconventional fixed-wing unmanned aircraft with circulation control or morphing wings, or a combination of ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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    Series series Engineering (R0)
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  • Finite Frequency Analysis and Synthesis for Singularly Perturbed Systems

    by Chenxiao Cai, Zidong Wang, Jing Xu, Yun Zou ...
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    This book is a self-contained collection of recent research findings providing a comprehensive and systematic unified framework for both analysis and synthesis for singularly perturbed systems. It paves the way for the gap between frequency-domain-transfer-function-based results and time-domain-state-space-based results to be bridged.It is divided into three parts focusing on: fundamental ... Read more

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  • Self-Oscillations in Dynamic Systems

    A New Methodology via Two-Relay Controllers

    by Luis T. Aguilar, Igor Boiko, Leonid Fridman, Rafael Iriarte ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This monograph presents a simple and efficient two-relay control algorithm for generation of self-excited oscillations of a desired amplitude and frequency in dynamic systems. Developed by the authors, the two-relay controller consists of two relays switched by the feedback received from a linear or nonlinear system, and represents a new approach to the self-generation of periodic motions in ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Fundamentals of Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control

    by F. Landis Markley, John L. Crassidis ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explores topics that are central to the field of spacecraft attitude determination and control. The authors provide rigorous theoretical derivations of significant algorithms accompanied by a generous amount of qualitative discussions of the subject matter. The book documents the development of the important concepts and methods in a manner accessible to practicing engineers, graduate ... Read more

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  • Robust Output LQ Optimal Control via Integral Sliding Modes

    by Leonid Fridman, Alexander Poznyak, Francisco Javier Bejarano ...
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  • Recent Progress in Flow Control for Practical Flows

    Results of the STADYWICO and IMESCON Projects

    Edited by Piotr Doerffer, George N. Barakos, Marcin M. Luczak ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explores the outcomes on flow control research activities carried out within the framework of two EU-funded projects focused on training-through-research of Marie Sklodowska-Curie doctoral students. The main goal of the projects described in this monograph is to assess the potential of the passive- and active-flow control methods for reduction of fuel consumption by a helicopter. The ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Sliding Mode Control and Observation

    by Yuri Shtessel, Christopher Edwards, Leonid Fridman, Arie Levant ...
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    The sliding mode control methodology has proven effective in dealing with complex dynamical systems affected by disturbances, uncertainties and unmodeled dynamics. Robust control technology based on this methodology has been applied to many real-world problems, especially in the areas of aerospace control, electric power systems, electromechanical systems, and robotics. Sliding Mode Control and ... Read more

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  • Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications

    by John E. Prussing, James M Longuski, José J. Guzmán ...
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    Want to know not just what makes rockets go up but how to do it optimally? Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it. This is the first book that begins from scratch to teach the reader the basic principles of the calculus of variations, develop the necessary ... Read more

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