DETERMINATION OF GUIDANCE LAWS FOR UAV SYSTEMS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING COLLISION CONE THEORY

Author

Utsav Mudgal

ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0001-7898-8870

Graduation Semester and Year

2021

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Animesh Chakravarthy

Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones, are used in various applications, including military applications such as surveillance and intelligence-gathering as well as civilian applications such as search and rescue. The use of UAVs to form communication networks is a topic of active research interest. This thesis aims to investigate the development of guidance laws for multiple UAVs to form such communication networks. Toward this end, this thesis employs tools from collision cone theory and incorporates them with parameters used to describe a communication network. Different types of networks are evaluated for use of the guidance laws. Simulation results are presented for various scenarios.

Keywords

Collision cone, Communication networks, Guidance laws, UAVs, UAV

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Mudgal, Utsav, "DETERMINATION OF GUIDANCE LAWS FOR UAV SYSTEMS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING COLLISION CONE THEORY" (2021). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses. 989.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/mechaerospace_theses/989