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Alternate Strategies for Optimal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Thermaling

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This paper investigates optimal glider trajectories for gaining altitude from thermal updraft columns (“thermaling”). Thermal updraft columns provide a natural energy resource that can be beneficia... Click to show full abstract

This paper investigates optimal glider trajectories for gaining altitude from thermal updraft columns (“thermaling”). Thermal updraft columns provide a natural energy resource that can be beneficia...

Keywords: strategies optimal; unmanned aerial; alternate strategies; aerial vehicle; optimal unmanned; vehicle thermaling

Journal Title: Journal of Aircraft
Year Published: 2018

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