Electrostatic Forces for Swarm Navigation and Reconfiguration | Hybrid Propulsion System, Equilibrium Shaping, Coulomb, Satellite Concept, Swarm Navigation, Formation Flying

Muhammad Kamran Saleem

ISBN 10: 3838364902 / ISBN 13: 9783838364902

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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Electrostatic Forces for Swarm Navigation and Reconfiguration | Hybrid Propulsion System, Equilibrium Shaping, Coulomb, Satellite Concept, Swarm Navigation, Formation Flying | Muhammad Kamran Saleem | Taschenbuch | 100 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838364902 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Electrostatic Forces for Swarm Navigation and Reconfiguration | Hybrid Propulsion System, Equilibrium Shaping, Coulomb, Satellite Concept, Swarm Navigation, Formation Flying
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838364902
• ISBN 13: 9783838364902
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 7D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 167 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

With regard to the benefits of using multiple vehicles, the concept of formation control has been studied extensively in the literature with application to the coordination of multiple robots, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), satellites, aircraft and spacecraft. There are many advantages of using formations of multiple vehicles, such as increased feasibility, robustness, accuracy, flexibility, cost efficiency and probability of success. The propulsion system on a spacecraft is of key importance in formation flying missions and life time of mission depends on the available fuel on the spacecraft. Furthermore, in the missions where spacecrafts are flying in close proximity the exhaust plums from the thrusters of a satellite can damage the near by spacecraft which might result in total failure to the mission. In this study a recently developed concept of Coulomb satellite equipped with hybrid propulsion system will be presented. With the combination of Equilibrium shaping technique and Coulomb satellite concepts certain formations can be produced for which minimum communication between swarm agents and maximum fuel saving (up to 80%) is possible.