MECH 531. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
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MECH 531
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Kinematics and dynamics of a UAV. Aerodynamic forces and moments on a fixed-wing UAV. Application of linear systems analysis for fixed-wing UAVs. Flight control and
autopilots for UAVs. Navigation sensors and state estimation based on Kalman filtering. Guidance strategies and the basics of path planning.
- Prerequisite (Graduate): MECH 533
- 3-0-6
- Prerequisite: MECH 412 or MECH 419 or Permission of the Instructor
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