Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Release : 2018-07-03
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Generic Equations for Constructing Smooth Paths Along Circles and Tangent Lines with Application to Airport Ground Paths - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Generic Equations for Constructing Smooth Paths Along Circles and Tangent Lines with Application to Airport Ground Paths write by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This book was released on 2018-07-03. Generic Equations for Constructing Smooth Paths Along Circles and Tangent Lines with Application to Airport Ground Paths available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The primary purpose of this publication is to develop a mathematical model to describe smooth paths along any combination of circles and tangent lines. Two consecutive circles in a path are either tangent (externally or internally) or they appear on the same (lateral) or opposite (transverse) sides of a connecting tangent line. A path may start or end on either a segment or circle. The approach is to use mathematics common to robotics to design the path as a multilink manipulator. This approach allows a hierarchical view of the problem and keeps the notation manageable. A user simply specifies a few parameters to configure a path. Necessary and sufficient conditions automatically ensure the consistency of the inputs for a smooth path. Two example runway exit paths are given, and an angle to go assists in knowing when to switch from one path element to the next. Barker, L. Keith Langley Research Center RTOP 538-04-13-02...