Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice by Beard, Randal W.
Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice by Beard, Randal W.

Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice

Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite...
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Author: Randal W. Beard
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Language: English
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Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice by Beard, Randal W.

Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice

CHF 276.10
Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice by Beard, Randal W.

Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice

CHF 276.10
Author: Randal W. Beard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly introduced UAVs to students in the engineering, computer, and science disciplines--until now. Small Unmanned Aircraft provides a concise but comprehensive description of the key concepts and technologies underlying the dynamics, control, and guidance of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft, and enables all students with an introductory-level background in controls or robotics to enter this exciting and important area.

The authors explore the essential underlying physics and sensors of UAV problems, including low-level autopilot for stability and higher-level autopilot functions of path planning. The textbook leads the student from rigid-body dynamics through aerodynamics, stability augmentation, and state estimation using onboard sensors, to maneuvering through obstacles. To facilitate understanding, the authors have replaced traditional homework assignments with a simulation project using the MATLAB/Simulink environment. Students begin by modeling rigid-body dynamics, then add aerodynamics and sensor models. They develop low-level autopilot code, extended Kalman filters for state estimation, path-following routines, and high-level path-planning algorithms. The final chapter of the book focuses on UAV guidance using machine vision.

Designed for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in engineering or the sciences, this book offers a bridge to the aerodynamics and control of UAV flight.

Author: Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02/26/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780691149219

About the Author

Randal W. Beard is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University. He is the coauthor of Distributed Consensus in Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control.
Timothy W. McLain is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University.


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