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Impact Angle Constrained Guidance Using Cubic Splines
(2018-06-05)
In this thesis the cubic spline guidance law and its variants are derived. A detailed analysis is carried out to find the initial conditions for successful interception. The results are applied to three dimensional ...
Accurate and Efficient Algorithms for Star Sensor Based Micro-Satellite Attitude and Attitude Rate Estimation
(2018-04-18)
This dissertation addresses novel techniques in determining gyroless micro-satellite attitude and attitude rate. The main objective of this thesis is to explore the possibility of using commercially available low cost ...
Experimental Investigations on Supersonic Ejectors
(2018-04-13)
A supersonic ejector is used to pump a secondary gas using a supersonic primary gas flow by augmentation of momentum and energy in a variable area duct. The internal compressible flow through an ejector has many complex ...
Shock Tunnel Investigations on Hypersonic Impinging Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction
(2018-04-13)
The interaction of a shock wave and boundary layer often occurs in high speed flows. For sufficiently strong shock strengths the boundary layer separates, generating shock patterns in the contiguous inviscid flow (termed ...
Compressible Mixing of Dissimilar Gases
(2018-03-22)
This thesis is concerned with the study of parallel mixing of two dissimilar gases under compressible conditions in the confined environment. A number of numerical studies are reported in the literature for the compressible ...
Design and Development of 75 mm Fixed-Wing Nano Air Vehicle
(2018-06-11)
This thesis deals with the design and development of a 75 mm fixed-wing nano-air vehicle (NAV). The NAV is designed to fit inside a cube with each side measuring 75 mm. The range and endurance of the NAV are 300 m and 2-3 ...
Application of Randomized Algorithms in Path Planning and Control of a Micro Air Vehicle
(2018-06-25)
This thesis focuses on the design and development of a fixed wing micro air vehicle (MAV) and on the development of randomized sampling based motion planning and control algorithms for path planning and stabilization of the ...
Sliding Mode Control Based Guidance Strategies with Terminal Constraints
(2018-07-23)
In the guidance literature, minimizing miss distance along with optimizing the energy usage had been an objective for several decades. In current day applications, additional terminal performance such as impact angle and ...
Differential Games Guidance Laws for Aerospace Applications
(2018-07-26)
This thesis addresses several aerospace guidance and decision making problems using both no cooperative and cooperative game theoretical solution concepts in the differential games framework. In the first part of the thesis, ...
Synchronized and Balanced Collective Formations in Multi-Agent Systems
(2018-07-14)
Multi-agent systems possess improved robustness properties over single agent systems, and hence, are more desirable for various engineering applications, where it is required for the multiple agents to move in a formation. ...