This thesis discusses a number of developments in the dynamics and control of a novel, autonomous, highly-maneuverable, finless, almost-lighter-than-air vehicle (ALTAV). The airship is inherently unstable due to absence of fins and is highly prone to winds. Four vectored thrusters are used to ensure closed-loop stability. This thesis deals with improvements made to an existing dynamics model, including the incorporation of the rotational damping moments of the airship, the drag resulting from the protuberances on the airship hull, the reaction torques and the gyroscopic moments on the airship due to the thrusters. Open-loop and closed-loop tests were designed and carried out to validate thephysical parameters that were empirically estimated...
The response to controls of a neutrally buoyant non-rigid airship was investigated for a range of sp...
Large airships (DGP) have huge potential for development and will soon be able to take a significant...
Airships are expected to have in future an increasing diffusion in the aeronautic scenario. The use ...
The research described in this thesis relates to a highly-maneuverable, almost-lighter-than-air vehi...
There is a resurgent interest in the use of airships for long-endurance and heavy-lift operations, a...
Four students of InHolland University Delft have started the mechanical design of an autonomous port...
The concept of thrust-based control without the employment of thrust-vectoring (TVC), already introd...
The aims of this thesis are the development of a dynamic model for the LAAS's Karma and los Andes Un...
The scientific community has a renewed interest in airships owing to their potential applications in...
The aim of this thesis is to develop the theoretical framework that integrates airship size minimiza...
AbstractBased on airship model, the dynamics of an airship are studied in the three dimensional (3D)...
The ability of airships to fly in hover is a major plus of this category of flying vehicles. However...
The aims of this work are the development of a dynamic model for an airship (like Karma and UrAn air...
A great interest in the utilization of unmanned airships has grown in the past few years, due to the...
Lighter-than air vehicles are an attractive solution for many applications requiring a sustained air...
The response to controls of a neutrally buoyant non-rigid airship was investigated for a range of sp...
Large airships (DGP) have huge potential for development and will soon be able to take a significant...
Airships are expected to have in future an increasing diffusion in the aeronautic scenario. The use ...
The research described in this thesis relates to a highly-maneuverable, almost-lighter-than-air vehi...
There is a resurgent interest in the use of airships for long-endurance and heavy-lift operations, a...
Four students of InHolland University Delft have started the mechanical design of an autonomous port...
The concept of thrust-based control without the employment of thrust-vectoring (TVC), already introd...
The aims of this thesis are the development of a dynamic model for the LAAS's Karma and los Andes Un...
The scientific community has a renewed interest in airships owing to their potential applications in...
The aim of this thesis is to develop the theoretical framework that integrates airship size minimiza...
AbstractBased on airship model, the dynamics of an airship are studied in the three dimensional (3D)...
The ability of airships to fly in hover is a major plus of this category of flying vehicles. However...
The aims of this work are the development of a dynamic model for an airship (like Karma and UrAn air...
A great interest in the utilization of unmanned airships has grown in the past few years, due to the...
Lighter-than air vehicles are an attractive solution for many applications requiring a sustained air...
The response to controls of a neutrally buoyant non-rigid airship was investigated for a range of sp...
Large airships (DGP) have huge potential for development and will soon be able to take a significant...
Airships are expected to have in future an increasing diffusion in the aeronautic scenario. The use ...