Design, development, and flight testing of the vertical take-off and landing GNC testbed EAGLE
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DOI: 10.1007/s12567-019-00269-5
Abstract: Precise landing on planets, moons, and other larger celestial bodies requires powered descent, hovering, and vertical landing. Similarly, recent and future concepts for re-usable launch vehicle (RLVs) also involve a vertical take-off and landing. The… read more here.
Keywords: vertical take; development; take landing; gnc ... See more keywords
Control strategy of launch vehicle and lander with adaptive landing gear for sloped landing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.03.073
Abstract: Abstract The ability to perform safe landing is of great concern for reusable launch vehicles and landers; however, sloped terrains severely limit the degree of landing safety. To ensure that the launch vehicle and lander… read more here.
Keywords: landing gear; landing; launch vehicle; adaptive landing ... See more keywords
Options for aircraft noise reduction on arrival and landing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2016.10.027
Abstract: Abstract This paper demonstrates the noise reduction potential from modified final approach and landing procedures of commercial aircraft. A conventional trajectory is compared with a steep approach with a 4.5-degree glide slope (first option), and… read more here.
Keywords: reduction; reduction arrival; options aircraft; aircraft noise ... See more keywords
Evolution of UAV Landing Structures in the Bistable Space of Kresling Origami Structures
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2023.3246395
Abstract: Landing gear plays an important role in enabling unmanned aerial vehicles to engage in complex missions and protect expensive airborne sensors. Most existing landing gears are designed to satisfy only specific maneuvers in predefined scenarios.… read more here.
Keywords: graph search; structure; landing; bistable space ... See more keywords
CurveCluster+: Curve Clustering for Hard Landing Pattern Recognition and Risk Evaluation Based on Flight Data
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DOI: 10.1109/tits.2021.3117846
Abstract: Hard landing is a typical flight safety incident, and interpretability plays an important role in flight safety research. However, existing studies failed to provide good interpretability of the reasons for hard landing incidents and suffer… read more here.
Keywords: risk evaluation; landing; flight; hard landing ... See more keywords
Learning-based risk assessment and motion estimation by vision for unmanned aerial vehicle landing in an unvisited area
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DOI: 10.1117/1.jei.28.6.063011
Abstract: Abstract. We proposed a vision-based methodology as an aid for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing on a previously unsurveyed area. When the UAV was commanded to perform a landing mission in an unknown airfield,… read more here.
Keywords: vision; motion estimation; unmanned aerial; aerial vehicle ... See more keywords
Steepness of Slopes at the Luna-Glob Landing Sites: Estimating by the Shaded Area Percentage in the LROC NAC Images
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DOI: 10.1134/s0038094618010045
Abstract: The paper presents estimates of the occurrence probability of slopes, whose steep surfaces could be dangerous for the landing of the Luna-Glob descent probe (Luna-25) given the baseline of the span between the landing pads… read more here.
Keywords: area percentage; nac images; landing; lroc nac ... See more keywords