Naval Postgraduate School
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Optimization of low thrust trajectories with terminal aerocapture
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-06)
This thesis explores using a direct pseudospectral method for the solution of optimal control problems with mixed dynamics. An easy to use MATLAB optimization package known as DIDO is used to obtain the solutions. The ...
Design recovery and implementation of the AYK-14 VHSIC processor module adapter with field programmable gate array technology
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002-12)
The rapid pace of change in the electronics industry and the significant reduction in military budgets over the past decade has forced many military aircraft to extend their service lifetimes. This has led to aircraft with ...
A feasibility study of oscillating-wing power generators
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002-09)
Mankind is continually searching for new sources of energy or methods to harness known sources. Recently, renewable and zero-pollution energy supplies are of great interest. Consequently, power generation from a fluttering ...
Uniform system for the rapid prototyping and testing of controllers for unmanned aerial vehicles
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1996-09)
The field of control systems has witnessed an explosion in state- space techniques addressing a variety of critical design issues facing control engineers today. Modem computational tools, such as the MATRIX(x) Product ...
Performance and optimal placement of piezoceramic actuators for shape control of a cantilever beam
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1996-06)
Shape control of spaceborne antennas can provide the ability to correct for effects such as thermal distortion and manufacturing errors as well as control the shape of an antenna's radiated beam. This thesis examines the ...
Design and Monte Carlo analysis of an unmanned aerial vehicle
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1993-12)
In the last several years, software innovations and the increasing speed and availability of microcomputers and workstations have made the dynamic simulation of complex systems more practical. One such system, a short-range ...
Flight operations for higher harmonic control research.
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991-03)
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Naval Postgraduate
School (NPS) is interested in extending the useful life of Naval helicopters.
Recognizing the need to reduce vibrations caused by aerodynamic loads ...
Lift enhancement using close-coupled canard wing vortex interaction
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1990-12)
A wind-tunnel study to find the lift and drag characteristics of a low-aspect-ratio wingbody configuration from an angle of attack (AOA) of -8 to 50 degrees was conducted. A further study to find the comparative lift ...
Developmental flight testing of a half scale unmanned air vehicle
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1990-09)
This thesis sought to perform developmental flight testing of a half- scale unmanned air vehicle. To do this the half scale version of the Pioneer (used by the US Marine Corps for training) was chosen as the airframe to ...
Initial design study of existing flight control system of RPH and feasibility study of implementing HHC on the SH-60B
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1990-09)
The paper reports on two subjects, first the initial design study of a Remotely Piloted Helicopter's flight control system and secondly a feasibility study of implementing Higher Harmonic Control on the SH-60B aircraft. ...
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