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OverviewWritten by an expert with more than 30 years of experience, Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles contains new analytical results, taken from the author's research, which can be used for analysis and design of unmanned aerial vehicles guidance and control systems. This book progresses from a clear elucidation of guidance laws and unmanned aerial vehicle dynamics to the modeling of their guidance and control systems. Special attention is paid to guidance of autonomous UAVs, which differs from traditional missile guidance. The author explains UAV applications, contrasting them to a missile's limited ability (or inability) to control axial acceleration. The discussion of guidance laws for UAVs presents a generalization of missile guidance laws developed by the author. The computational algorithms behind these laws are tested in three applications--for the surveillance problem, the refueling problem, and for the motion control of a swarm of UAVs. The procedure of choosing and testing the guidance laws is also considered in an example of future generation of airborne interceptors launched from UAVs. The author provides an innovative presentation of the theoretical aspects of unmanned aerial vehicles' guidance that cannot be found in any other book. It presents new ideas that, once crystallized, can be implemented in the new generation of unmanned aerial systems. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rafael Yanushevsky (Research & Technology Consulting, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: CRC Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781439850954ISBN 10: 143985095 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 29 March 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book provides very detailed analytical descriptions of guidance laws for UAVs ... I think it is a good reference book for those who are involved or are interested in autonomous UAV control systems. The concrete theoretical aspects provided in this book will help reader to further explore optimal solutions towards future and autonomous UAVs.-Dr. Shigang Yue, The Aeronautical Journal, May 2012 This book provides very detailed analytical descriptions of guidance laws for UAVs ... I think it is a good reference book for those who are involved or are interested in autonomous UAV control systems. The concrete theoretical aspects provided in this book will help reader to further explore optimal solutions towards future and autonomous UAVs. -Dr. Shigang Yue, The Aeronautical Journal, May 2012 Author InformationRafael Yanushevsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He received a BS in mathematics and a MS (with honors) in electromechanical engineering from Kiev University and the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, respectively. He earned a Ph.D in optimization of multivariable systems in 1968 from the Institute of Control Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. After immigration to the United States in December 1987, he started teaching at the University of Maryland, first in the Department of Electrical Engineering, then in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, He also taught at the University of the District of Columbia in the Department of Mathematics. Since 1999, Dr. Yanushevsky has been involved in projects related to the aerospace industry. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |