SGER: The Use of Autonomous Airships as a Mobile Cell Phone Network for Temporary Communication Restoration in Large-Scale Disasters

项目概述本项目建议使用自主飞艇作为移动电话网络，用于在发生洪水、地震、飓风或恐怖袭击等大规模灾害时临时恢复通信。非线性控制研究实验室(NCRL)将研究飞艇在手机网络中使用时的姿态和编队控制，以及将一组飞艇转换为手机网络所需的必要设备和技术。NCRL目前正在开发候选飞艇的数学模型和编队控制研究的仿真环境。这个数学模型是基于步态分析和创新技术实验室生成的飞行测试数据。这个项目中提出的研究将包括三项任务，这三项任务将把我们目前的研究工作扩展到一年以上，1.建模和飞艇设计2。编队控制和姿态稳定性设计，飞艇实施和验证。手机网络仿真和小规模实现智能优点：在完成本研究的目标后，将在理解自主飞艇控制方面取得重大进展，在配置为临时移动手机网络的情况下，使用模型预测控制技术。模型预测控制在空气动力学中的应用是一个新的研究领域，因为飞机上遇到了快速的动态。我们的研究成果将在将模型预测控制应用于自主飞艇问题和整个空气动力学方面取得重大进展。广泛的影响声明：以下是本研究将给社会带来的更广泛的影响：1)自主飞艇手机网络的实施将允许在通信基础设施受损的地区暂时恢复。2)将解决控制和稳定性问题，这些问题将在以合作队形运行的自动驾驶车辆领域得到广泛应用。3)拟议的研究将有助于培养和支持研究兴趣主要集中在自主驾驶方面的本科生。4)这项研究的结果将通过在国家和国际会议上的介绍以及同行评议期刊上的出版物来传播。

Project SummaryThis project proposes to use autonomous airships as a mobile cell phone network fortemporary communication restoration in the case of large-scale disasters such as a flood,earthquake, hurricane, or terrorist attack. The Nonlinear Control Research Laboratory(NCRL) will study attitude and formation control of the airships when used in a cellphone network along with the necessary equipment and technologies needed to convert agroup of airship to a mobile cell phone network.The NCRL is currently developing the mathematical model of a candidate airshipalong with the simulation environment for formation control research. This mathematicalmodel is based on flight test data that was generated using the Gait Analysis andInnovative Technologies Laboratory. The research being proposed in this project willencompass three tasks that will extend our current research effort over a one-year period,1. Modeling and Airship Design2. Formation Control and Attitude Stability Design Airship implementation andvalidation3. Cell Phone Network Simulation and Small-scale implementationIntellectual Merit: Upon accomplishing the objectives of the present research,significant advances will be made in the understanding of autonomous airship controlusing model predictive control techniques while configured to operate as a temporarymobile cell phone network. The use of model predictive control for aerodynamics is anew area of research due to the fast dynamics encountered on aircraft. The results of ourresearch will make significant advances in applying model predictive control to theproblem of autonomous airships and in aerodynamics in general.Broader Impact Statement: The following are the broader impact to society that thisresearch would bring to society: 1) The implementation of an autonomous airship cellphone network will allow for the temporary restoration in an area that has suffereddamage to its communication infrastructure. 2) Control and stability issues will beaddressed which will have wide-ranging applications in the area of autonomous vehiclesthat are operating in a cooperative formation. 3) The proposed study will help train andsupport undergraduate students whose research interest is focused mainly on autonomousairships. 4) The results of this study will be disseminated through presentations atnational and international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals.