Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

12-4-1978

Abstract

A technique for estimation of the aerodynamic parameters of a flight vehicle from onboard measurements is presented.

An extended Kalman filter is used to extract the parameters in the presence of measurement noise and initial uncertainty of the parameter values. Computer generated data were used for the measurement information in lieu of actual flight data.

Several state models of varying complexity are studied in an attempt to find a model which yields adequate estimates while minimizing the required computation time.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Electrical Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Daniel Paul Peterson

Second Committee Member

Shlomo Karni

Third Committee Member

Harold Knud Knudsen

Fourth Committee Member

Richard Crenshaw Allen

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