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Siliang Du, Yi Zha and Qijun Zhao
The concept of the Fan Wing, a novel aircraft vector-force-integrated device that combines a power unit with a fixed wing to generate distributed lift and thrust by creating a low-pressure vortex on the wing?s surface, was studied. To investigate the uni...
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Ahmed Mahfouz, Gabriella Gaias, D. M. K. K. Venkateswara Rao and Holger Voos
In this paper, the problem of autonomous optimal absolute orbit keeping for a satellite mission in Low Earth Orbit using electric propulsion is considered. The main peculiarity of the approach is to support small satellite missions in which the platform ...
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Carlo E.D. Riboldi and Alberto Rolando
The concept of thrust-based control without the employment of thrust-vectoring (TVC), already introduced in a previous work by the authors, is further developed in conjunction with an appropriate control suite, tasked with both artificial stabilization a...
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Alice De Oliveira and Michèle Lavagna
This paper introduces a Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) descent dynamics simulator coupled with closed-loop guidance and control (G&C) integration. The studied vehicle?s first-stage booster, evolving in the terrestrial atmosphere, is steered by a Thrus...
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Zheng Gong, Shengcheng Mao, Zian Wang, Zan Zhou, Chengchuan Yang and Zhengxue Li
The core of the short takeoff and landing problem in thrust-vectoring V/STOL vehicles is the tilt angle control of the thrust vector nozzles. This work resolves it by figuring out the optimal tilt angle time history with optimization methods. Since the o...
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Benshan Liu, Yongsheng Gao, Liang Gao, Junming Zhang, Yanhe Zhu, Xizhe Zang and Jie Zhao
Turbojet engines have a slow response and require mechanical assistance to perform vertical take-offs and landings. In this paper, we propose a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft that contains one-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzle modules to...
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Henrique Fagundes Gasparoto, Olivier Chocron, Mohamed Benbouzid and Pablo Siqueira Meirelles
Manoeuvrability is one of the essential keys in the development of improved autonomous underwater vehicles for challenging missions. In the last years, more researches were dedicated to the development of new hulls shapes and thrusters to assure more man...
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Luís M. B. C. Campos and Paulo J. S. Gil
The two dimensional gravity turn problem is addressed allowing for the effects of variable rocket mass due to propellant consumption, thrust and thrust vector angle, lift and drag forces at an angle-of-attack and atmospheric mass density varying with alt...
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Mahdi Akhloumadi and Danil Ivanov
Relative motion control problem for capturing the tumbling space debris object is considered. Onboard thrusters and reaction wheels are used as actuators. The nonlinear coupled relative translational and rotational equations of motion are derived. The SD...
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Alexander Kramer, Philip Bangert and Klaus Schilling
The electric propulsion system NanoFEEP was integrated and tested in orbit on the UWE-4 satellite, which marks the first successful demonstration of an electric propulsion system on board a 1U CubeSat. In-orbit characterization measurements of the heatin...
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