Linear quadratic servo control of a reusable rocket engine

A Reusable Rocket Engine Intelligent Control

Reusable rocket engine preventive maintenance scheduling using genetic algorithm

This paper deals with the preventive maintenance (PM) scheduling problem of reusable rocket engine (RRE), which is different from the ordinary repairable systems, by genetic algorithm. Three types of PM activities for RRE are considered and modeled by introducing the concept of effective age. The impacts of PM on all subsystems’ aging processes are evaluated based on improvement factor model. T...

The Blacklight Rocket Engine

Executive Summary This report summarizes the final project results for the period of May 1, 2002 through November 30, 2002 for the NIAC CP 01-02 Phase I study, "The BlackLight Rocket Engine". The objective of the Phase I study was to assess the potential of low pressure, mixed gas hydrogen plasmas (i.e. the BlackLight Process) toward the development of high performance space propulsion systems.

Finding the Best Coefficients in the Objective Function of a Linear Quadratic Control Problem

Finding the best weights of the state variables and the control variables in the objective function of a linear-quadratic control problem is considered. The weights of these variables are considered as two diagonal matrices with appropriate size and so the objective function of the control problem becomes a function of the diagonal elements of these matrices. The optimization problem which is d...

Discrete Time Linear Quadratic Optimal Control for an Electrical Servo Drive System

The discrete-time linear quadratic optimal problem with finite final time for a servo-drive system with a brushless or a dc motor is presented. The proposed algorithm allows simplifying the optimal control law implementation. The optimal control ensures a good behavior of the system and the decrease of the energy consumption. Key-Words:Optimal control, Brushless, DC machines, Efficiency, Servo ...