Autopilot design for autonomous underwater vehicles based on sliding mode control

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. === An autopilot is designed using Sliding Mode Control Theory that can control the speed and heading of a full six degree of freedom, nonlinear model that allows speed and heading to be treated as separate systems. Once control of heading and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lienard, David E.
Other Authors: Papoulias, Fotis A.
Published: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27778