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Fast optimal trajectory generation for a tiltwing VTOL aircraft with application to urban air mobility

Abstract:
We solve the minimum-thrust optimal trajectory generation problem for the transition of a tiltwing Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft using convex optimisation. The method is based on a change of differential operator that allows us to express the simplified point-mass dynamics along a prescribed path and formulate the original nonlinear problem in terms of a pair of convex programs. A case study involving the Airbus A 3 Vahana VTOL aircraft is considered for forward and backward transitions. The presented approach provides a fast method to generate a safe optimal transition for a tiltwing VTOL aircraft that can further be leveraged online for control and guidance purposes.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867852

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Role:
Author
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Role:
Author


Publisher:
IEEE
Host title:
2022 American Control Conference (ACC)
Pages:
4036-4041
Publication date:
2022-09-05
Acceptance date:
2022-03-25
Event title:
2022 American Control Conference
Event location:
Atlanta, GA
Event website:
https://acc2022.a2c2.org/
Event start date:
2022-06-08
Event end date:
2022-06-10
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EISSN:
2378-5861
ISSN:
0743-1619
EISBN:
9781665451963
ISBN:
9781665494809


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1262905
Local pid:
pubs:1262905
Deposit date:
2022-06-10

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