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Estimation of receiver aircraft states and wind vectors in aerial refueling
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol.37(1), pp.265-276
37
2014
Web of Science ID: WOS:000333609400027
Abstract
Asquare root unscented Kalman filter is used to estimate the states of a receiver aircraft and the components of the wind the aircraft is exposed to as it flies behind the tanker aircraft. The wind is the superposition of time-varying prevailing wind, turbulence, and the tanker’s wake-induced wind. The system update of the estimator uses the nonlinear aircraft model, augmented by a nonlinear wind model, obtained from the translational dynamics of the aircraft. The aircraft state estimates are successfully used in controlling the position of the receiver aircraft relative to the tanker flying straight level and making turns. Although the performance of the estimation and control is very dependent on the covariance and correlation time constants of the sensor measurement errors, the estimated state feedback performs better than measured state feedback with higher levels of measurement noise and turbulence intensity.
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- Title
- Estimation of receiver aircraft states and wind vectors in aerial refueling
- Publication Details
- Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol.37(1), pp.265-276
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.; United States
- Series
- 37
- Copyright
- 2013 by Atilla Dogan Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission. Copies of this paper may be made for personal or internal use, on condition that the copier pay the $10.00 per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923; include the code 1533-3884/13 and $10.00 in correspondence with the CCC.
- Identifiers
- WOS:000333609400027; 99380090892106600
- Academic Unit
- Intelligent Systems and Robotics
- Language
- English