Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Author: Rogelio Lozano
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-02-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118599861

This book presents the basic tools required to obtain the dynamical models for aerial vehicles (in the Newtonian or Lagrangian approach). Several control laws are presented for mini-helicopters, quadrotors, mini-blimps, flapping-wing aerial vehicles, planes, etc. Finally, this book has two chapters devoted to embedded control systems and Kalman filters applied for aerial vehicles control and navigation. This book presents the state of the art in the area of UAVs. The aerodynamical models of different configurations are presented in detail as well as the control strategies which are validated in experimental platforms.

Control Systems with Input and Output Constraints

Control Systems with Input and Output Constraints
Author: A.H. Glattfelder
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447100476

From the reviews: [The authors] "...have succeeded in their intention to produce the first reference in the area that will be available for a broad audience. I think that this book will be a standard reference for a long time." Control Engineering Practice

Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics

Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics
Author: Chang-Hee Won
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-07-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817647953

This volume is a collection of chapters covering recent advances in stochastic optimal control theory and algebraic systems theory. The book will be a useful reference for researchers and graduate students in systems and control, algebraic systems theory, and applied mathematics. Requiring only knowledge of undergraduate-level control and systems theory, the work may be used as a supplementary textbook in a graduate course on optimal control or algebraic systems theory.

Industrial Communication Technology Handbook

Industrial Communication Technology Handbook
Author: Richard Zurawski
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1756
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482207338

Featuring contributions from major technology vendors, industry consortia, and government and private research establishments, the Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, Second Edition provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of wire- and wireless-based specialized communication networks used in plant and factory automation, automotive applications, avionics, building automation, energy and power systems, train applications, and more. New to the Second Edition: 46 brand-new chapters and 21 substantially revised chapters Inclusion of the latest, most significant developments in specialized communication technologies and systems Addition of new application domains for specialized networks The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, Second Edition supplies readers with a thorough understanding of the application-specific requirements for communication services and their supporting technologies. It is useful to a broad spectrum of professionals involved in the conception, design, development, standardization, and use of specialized communication networks as well as academic institutions engaged in engineering education and vocational training.

Model-Based Design of Adaptive Embedded Systems

Model-Based Design of Adaptive Embedded Systems
Author: Twan Basten
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461448212

This book describes model-based development of adaptive embedded systems, which enable improved functionality using the same resources. The techniques presented facilitate design from a higher level of abstraction, focusing on the problem domain rather than on the solution domain, thereby increasing development efficiency. Models are used to capture system specifications and to implement (manually or automatically) system functionality. The authors demonstrate the real impact of adaptivity on engineering of embedded systems by providing several industrial examples of the models used in the development of adaptive embedded systems.

Proceedings of the 25th Pan-American Conference of Naval Engineering—COPINAVAL

Proceedings of the 25th Pan-American Conference of Naval Engineering—COPINAVAL
Author: Adán Vega Sáenz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2018-07-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319898124

This book presents selected contributions to the Pan-American Congress of Naval Engineering, Maritime Transport and Port Engineering (COPINAVAL), which is in its twenty-fifth edition and has become a reference event for the global maritime and port sector, attracting more and more participants from different countries. The 2017 congress was held in Panama City, Panama, bringing together a select group of scientists, entrepreneurs, academics and professionals to discuss the latest technological advances in the maritime industry.

Hierarchical Sliding Mode Control for Under-actuated Cranes

Hierarchical Sliding Mode Control for Under-actuated Cranes
Author: Dianwei Qian
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2015-10-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 366248417X

This book reports on the latest developments in sliding mode overhead crane control, presenting novel research ideas and findings on sliding mode control (SMC), hierarchical SMC and compensator design-based hierarchical sliding mode. The results, which were previously scattered across various journals and conference proceedings, are now presented in a systematic and unified form. The book will be of interest to researchers, engineers and graduate students in control engineering and mechanical engineering who want to learn the methods and applications of SMC.

Delay Differential Equations

Delay Differential Equations
Author: Balakumar Balachandran
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2009-04-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387855955

Delay Differential Equations: Recent Advances and New Directions cohesively presents contributions from leading experts on the theory and applications of functional and delay differential equations (DDEs). Students and researchers will benefit from a unique focus on theory, symbolic, and numerical methods, which illustrate how the concepts described can be applied to practical systems ranging from automotive engines to remote control over the Internet. Comprehensive coverage of recent advances, analytical contributions, computational techniques, and illustrative examples of the application of current results drawn from biology, physics, mechanics, and control theory. Students, engineers and researchers from various scientific fields will find Delay Differential Equations: Recent Advances and New Directions a valuable reference.

NASA Technical Paper

NASA Technical Paper
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1991
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: