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

项目概要本项目提出将自主飞艇作为移动的手机网络，在发生洪水、地震、飓风、恐怖袭击等大规模灾害的情况下进行临时通信恢复。非线性控制研究实验室（NCRL）将沿着研究飞艇在移动电话网络中的姿态和编队控制，以及将飞艇群转换到移动电话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，沿着编队控制研究的仿真环境。这个模型是基于飞行试验数据，是使用步态分析和创新技术实验室。本计画所提出的研究将包含三项任务，以延续我们目前的研究成果，为期一年。模型和飞艇设计2.编队控制与姿态稳定性设计飞艇实现与验证3.手机网络仿真和小规模implementationIntellectual Merit：在完成本研究的目标后，将取得重大进展，在理解自主飞艇controlusing模型预测控制技术，同时配置为作为一个temporarymobile手机网络。由于飞机上遇到的快速动态特性，将模型预测控制用于空气动力学是一个新的研究领域。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一般空气动力学方面取得重大进展。更广泛的影响声明：以下是这项研究将给社会带来的更广泛的社会影响：1）自主飞艇手机网络的实施将允许在通信基础设施遭受破坏的地区暂时恢复。2)控制和稳定性问题将得到解决，这将在合作编队的自主车辆领域有广泛的应用。3)这项研究将有助于培养和支持研究兴趣主要集中在航空航天领域的本科生。4)这项研究的结果将通过在国家和国际会议上的演讲以及在同行评审期刊上的出版物进行传播。

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.