Browsing CE Theses and Dissertations by Author "Chakravarthy, Animesh"
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Analysis of consensus and collision avoidance using the collision cone approach in the presence of time delays
Khatiwada, Dipendra (Wichita State University, 2016-07)This thesis provides a framework for a combined analysis of consensus algorithms for multi-agent systems that include the presence of obstacles and the presence of communication time delays. The consensus algorithms are ... -
Analysis of synchronization in mobile sensor networks using time-varying poles
Vuppuluri, Gangadhar (Wichita State University, 2014-12)Time Synchronization is an important feature in mobile sensor networks since it leads to more efficient data fusion, more efficient power saving schemes and more efficient access of the communication medium. The objective ... -
Control system design for morphing aircraft
Nobleheart, Wilfred (Wichita State University, 2015-12)The focus of this study is flight control design of morphing aircraft. In recent years, advances in smart technologies and lightweight materials have fueled interest in morphing airvehicles. Typically, lightweight materials ... -
Development of analytical algorithms for the sensor coverage problem
Tholen, Kyle (Wichita State University, 2015-05)The sensor coverage problem requires a group of mobile sensors to autonomously determine trajectories such that the sensors enclose a region of interest. It has many applications such as tracking oil spills underwater, ... -
Modeling and control of a flapping wing micro air vehicle at hover condition
Yan, Zhuo (Wichita State University, 2016-07)In this thesis a mathematical model of a flapping wing MAV is discussed. Aerodynamic forces and moments due to some key unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms are studied to derive the vehicle's longitudinal equations of motion ... -
Motion planning and control of autonomous vehicles using collision and rendezvous cones
Sunkara, Vishwamithra Reddy (Wichita State University, 2018-07)This dissertation uses the notion of collision cones and rendezvous cones to address several motion planning problems for autonomous vehicles. Collision avoidance is fundamental to the problem of planning safe trajectories ... -
Nonlinear dynamic inversion control of a miniature morphing aircraft
Aponso, Gayanath Tharaka Goniyamalimige (Wichita State University, 2013-12)This thesis investigates the feasibility of using Dynamic Inversion to develop control laws for time varying systems, specifically Miniature Morphing Air Vehicles. Two Linear Time Varying systems are investigated namely a ... -
PDE-based modeling and control of multi-agent systems
Ghanavati, Meysam (Wichita State University, 2018-07)This study focuses on the modeling and control of multi-agent systems. Such systems arise in several application domains such as smart grid networks, UAV swarms, and so on. Modeling and/or control of such systems is ... -
Time varying dynamics and H-infinity controller of a tiltrotor in transition phase
Sunkara, Vishwamithra Reddy (Wichita State University, 2013-07)The time-varying dynamics of a tiltrotor during its transition from the helicopter mode to the fixed wing aircraft mode are investigated from a flight dynamics perspective. The time scales over which the nacelle angle ...