DocumentCode
2575186
Title
On the fuel and energy consumption optimization problem in aircraft path planning
Author
L´Afflitto, Andrea ; Sultan, Cornel
Author_Institution
Aerosp. & Ocean Eng. Dept., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
15-17 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
4851
Lastpage
4856
Abstract
Optimal trajectories for aircraft in terms of fuel consumption and energy consumption are analyzed and proven to exist by means of necessary and sufficient conditions. In some cases solutions in closed analytical form are found. Environmental models account both for aerodynamic forces and moments acting on aircraft modeled as 6 DOF rigid bodies.
Keywords
aerodynamics; aircraft; optimal control; optimisation; path planning; position control; 6 DOF rigid body; aerodynamic force; aerodynamic moment; aircraft path planning; energy consumption; fuel consumption; optimal trajectory; optimization; Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Energy consumption; Fuels; Optimization; Trajectory; Vectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control (CDC), 2010 49th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
ISSN
0743-1546
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7745-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.2010.5717598
Filename
5717598
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