Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342482

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342482

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Remote Delivery and Capture of Payloads using Aerial Deployed Tethers. The capability to rapidly transport payloads to and from remote locations is critical for search and rescue, disaster relief, remote communities, and military operations. Conventional technology is not well suited to this role, hence we propose to develop an intelligent system to manoeuvre a tether, towed from an aircraft, to pick-up or set-down a payload, with zero surface velocity. Because of the complex, nonlinear dynamics of a cable-body system, advanced modelling and nonlinear optimal control will be applied in this task. The resulting world-first system will provide important economic opportunities and demonstrate Australian scientific capacity for novel developing intelligent systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $92,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Flight Dynamics | Aeronautical Transportation | Simulation And Modelling | Aerospace Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Combined operations | Air transport | Aerospace equipment |

Other Keywords

Aeronautical Transportation | Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace equipment | Air transport | Combined operations | Flight Dynamics | Simulation And Modelling

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