Numerical simulation of trajectory prescribed path control problems by the backward differentiation formulas

1 March 1986

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Vol. 31 (3) , 266-269
https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.1986.1104236

Abstract

The equations which describe trajectory, prescribed path control problems naturally form nonlinear semiexplicit, differential-algebraic systems with index greater than one. It is known that not all fully implicit systems may be solved stably by the k-step backward differentiation formulas, yet these methods do produce convergent numerical solutions to some semiexplicit systems. In this note numerical results are presented for the simplest backward differentiation formula when applied to an index three, semiexplicit system concerning the reentry of the space shuttle. The application of this numerical method to a realistic problem illustrates some unresolved implementation difficulties.

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