Title :
On the fuel and energy consumption optimization problem in aircraft path planning
Author :
L´Afflitto, Andrea ; Sultan, Cornel
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. & Ocean Eng. Dept., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
Optimal trajectories for aircraft in terms of fuel consumption and energy consumption are analyzed and proven to exist by means of necessary and sufficient conditions. In some cases solutions in closed analytical form are found. Environmental models account both for aerodynamic forces and moments acting on aircraft modeled as 6 DOF rigid bodies.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; aircraft; optimal control; optimisation; path planning; position control; 6 DOF rigid body; aerodynamic force; aerodynamic moment; aircraft path planning; energy consumption; fuel consumption; optimal trajectory; optimization; Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Energy consumption; Fuels; Optimization; Trajectory; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control (CDC), 2010 49th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7745-6
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2010.5717598
