Title
On finding time-efficient trajectories for fixed-wing aircraft using dubins paths with multiple radii
Abstract
Trajectory generation for fixed-wing aircraft can be based on Dubins vehicle model that constrains the vehicle to move forward with a limited turning radius and a constant speed. However, such a vehicle model cannot benefit from the physical capabilities of a real fixed-wing aircraft that can adjust its speed. Therefore, we propose to address the limitation of Dubins vehicle model by a generalized model that combines various turning radii, and thus allows increasing the cruise speed whenever possible. The proposed method provides faster trajectories in comparison to the trajectory generated by Dubins vehicle with a single turning radius and a constant cruise speed. The benefit of the proposed method is demonstrated on point-to-point trajectories, for which the parameters are inspired by Cessna 172 aircraft.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3341105.3374112
SAC '20: The 35th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing Brno Czech Republic March, 2020
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
Dubins vehicle, Travel time estimation, Multiple radii, Time-optimal trajectory, Speed profile
Conference
978-1-4503-6866-7
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kristýna Kučerová100.68
Petr Váň200.34
Jan Faigl333642.34