Browsing Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Kluever, Craig A. (Craig Allan)"
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Advanced guidance algorithms for the Ares V cargo launch vehicle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Launch ascent guidance is an area that routinely involves applications of optimization tools and optimal control theory. The vacuum ascent trajectory problem has been formulated as a two-point boundary-value problem with ... -
Automated trajectory generation and guidance for a new launch vehicle flight phases
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Much effort has been put into developing technologies for next generation re-usable launch vehicles. Fully re-usable launch vehicles include a booster stage that is designed to land, usually near the launch site, after it ... -
Cruise flight optimization of a commercial aircraft with winds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)With high prices for fuel and airfare, companies are looking to minimize operational costs. Reducing aircraft fuel consumption is one strategy companies use to lower costs. During flights, commercial aircraft divide the ... -
Design and optimization of a Mars sample return mission with nuclear thermal rockets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) is recognized as the only solution to human exploration of the near planets during the next several decades, but NTP currently receives little funding for development. In order to foster ... -
Evaluation of novel hovering strategies to improve gravity-tractor deflection merits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The gravity-tractor (GT) consists of a spacecraft hovering inertially over a small asteroid. This equilibrium state is achieved by the action of a pair of engines that balance the gravitational acceleration. Due to Newton's ... -
A fault detection scheme for modeled and unmodeled faults in a simple hydraulic actuator system using an extended Kalman filter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)In this work an extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used to detect a variety of faults in a simple hydraulic actuator system. Much interest exists in detecting faults in their early stages in the hopes that machine downtime ... -
Flight mechanics and control for an unpowered reusable launch vehicle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)A new strategy has been developed to aid in allowing a reusable launch vehicle to complete the Trajectory Area Energy Management (TAEM) phase of reentry. Using the new trajectory planning and tracking strategy, the reusable ... -
Galilean moon tour using simplified trajectory computational techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)It is desired to find a trajectory for a spacecraft that will capture into an orbit about Jupiter and then subsequently capture into an orbit about each of the Galilean moons. The two main variables are the mass ratio, ... -
Maximum-range trajectories for an unpowered reusable launch vehicle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)A software package has been developed that numerically maximizes the range of an unpowered reusable launch vehicle (RLV) during the Terminal Area Energy Management (TAEM) phase of reentry into Earth's atmosphere by adjusting ... -
Optimal orbit transfers for satellite formation flying applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This dissertation focused on trajectory optimization problems arising from the application of satellite formation flying, and obtained three major results. First, the dissertation proposed an algorithm for finding a ... -
Optimal path planning of an unmanned combat aerial vehicle with obstacle avoidance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The objective of this study is to optimize path planning for an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) with obstacle avoidance by minimizing fuel consumption. A nonlinear constrained optimization solver, Fmincon, is used ...