Graduation Semester and Year
2022
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
First Advisor
Animesh Chakravarthy
Abstract
This thesis develops the guidance and control components of an aircraft collision avoidance system, using a collision cone-based approach. These guidance and control laws are developed by considering the nonlinear relative kinematic equations of the aircraft that are on a collision course, as well as the nonlinear flight dynamics of the aircraft performing the collision avoidance maneuver. The longitudinal and lateral-directional axes of the aircraft are considered separately. The developed guidance and control laws are subsequently integrated with the nonlinear aircraft dynamics in a MATLAB/Simulink framework, and simulations performed to demonstrate the working of the overall system.
Keywords
Guidance, Navigation, Control, Collision avoidance
Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Beary, Andrew T. III, "Fixed Wing Aircraft Collision Avoidance Using Collision Cone Theory" (2022). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 22.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/22
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington