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Foreword |
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Series Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1.2 The Early Years: Bio-Inspiration |
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1.3 The Middle Years: Variable Geometry |
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1.4 The Later Years: A Return to Bio-Inspiration |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (3) |
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2 Wing Morphing in Insects, Birds and Bats: Mechanism and Function |
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13 | (28) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (11) |
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2.2.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism |
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15 | (3) |
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2.2.2 Gross Wing Morphing |
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18 | (7) |
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25 | (7) |
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2.3.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism |
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25 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Gross Wing Morphing |
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28 | (2) |
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2.3.3 Local Feather Deflections |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (5) |
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2.4.1 Wing Structure and Mechanism |
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33 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Gross Wing Morphing |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (4) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (3) |
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3 Bio-Inspiration of Morphing for Micro Air Vehicles |
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41 | (16) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (3) |
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3.3 Technical Challenges for MAVs |
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46 | (1) |
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3.4 Flight Characteristics of MAVs and NAVs |
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47 | (1) |
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3.5 Bio-Inspired Morphing Concepts for MAVs |
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48 | (3) |
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50 | (1) |
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3.5.5 Flapping Modulation |
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51 | (1) |
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3.6 Outlook for Morphing at the MAV/NAV scale |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (4) |
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53 | (4) |
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Part II CONTROL AND DYNAMICS |
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4 Morphing Unmanned Air Vehicle Intelligent Shape and Flight Control |
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57 | (30) |
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57 | (1) |
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4.2 A-RLC Architecture Functionality |
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58 | (1) |
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4.3 Learning Air Vehicle Shape Changes |
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59 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Overview of Reinforcement Learning |
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59 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Implementation of Shape Change Learning Agent |
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62 | (1) |
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4.4 Mathematical Modeling of Morphing Air Vehicle |
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4.4.1 Aerodynamic Modeling |
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63 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Constitutive Equations |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (3) |
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4.4.5 Reference Trajectory |
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71 | (1) |
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4.4.6 Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Dynamics |
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71 | (2) |
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4.4.7 Control Effectors on Morphing Wing |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (4) |
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4.5.1 Structured Adaptive Model Inversion (SAM1) Control for Attitude Control |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (7) |
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4.6.2 Example 1: Learning New Major Goals |
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4.6.3 Example 2: Learning New Intermediate Goals |
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80 | (4) |
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84 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (3) |
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5 Modeling and Simulation of Morphing Wing Aircraft |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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5.2 Modeling of Aerodynamics with Morphing |
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88 | (5) |
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5.2.1 Vortex-Lattice Aerodynamics for Morphing |
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90 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Calculation of Forces and Moments |
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92 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Effect of Gull-Wing Morphing on Aerodynamics |
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92 | (1) |
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5.3 Modeling of Flight Dynamics with Morphing |
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93 | (12) |
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5.3.1 Overview of Standard Approaches |
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93 | (4) |
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5.3.2 Extended Rigid-Body Dynamics |
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97 | (3) |
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5.3.3 Modeling of Morphing |
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100 | (5) |
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5.4 Actuator Moments and Power |
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105 | (4) |
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5.5 Open-Loop Maneuvers and Effects of Morphing |
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109 | (9) |
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5.5.1 Longitudinal Maneuvers |
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109 | (5) |
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114 | (4) |
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5.6 Control of Gull-Wing Aircraft using Morphing |
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118 | (5) |
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5.6.1 Power-Optimal Stability Augmentation System using Morphing |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (4) |
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124 | (3) |
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6 Flight Dynamics Modeling of Avian-Inspired Aircraft |
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127 | (24) |
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127 | (2) |
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6.2 Unique Characteristics of Flapping Flight |
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129 | (5) |
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6.2.1 Experimental Research Flight Platform |
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129 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Unsteady Aerodynamics |
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130 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Configuration-Dependent Mass Distribution |
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131 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Nonlinear Flight Motions |
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131 | (3) |
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6.3 Vehicle Equations of Motion |
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134 | (6) |
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6.3.1 Conventional Models for Aerospace Vehicles |
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134 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Multibody Model Configuration |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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6.4 System Identification |
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140 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Coupled Actuator Models |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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6.5 Simulation and Feedback Control |
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144 | (4) |
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148 | (3) |
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148 | (3) |
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7 Flight Dynamics of Morphing Aircraft with Time-Varying Inertias |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (4) |
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152 | (2) |
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156 | (6) |
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7.3.2 Influence of Time-Varying Inertias |
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157 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Nonlinear Equations for Moment |
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157 | (2) |
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7.3.4 Linearized Equations for Moment |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (4) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Modal Interpretation |
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164 | (2) |
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7.5 Flight Dynamics with Time-Varying Morphing |
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7.5.4 Modal Interpretation |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (3) |
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8 Optimal Trajectory Control of Morphing Aircraft in Perching Maneuvers |
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177 | (30) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (2) |
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8.3 Vehicle Equations of Motion |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (6) |
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8.5 Trajectory Optimization for Perching |
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191 | (5) |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (5) |
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Part III SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES |
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9 Morphing Smart Material Actuator Control Using Reinforcement Learning |
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207 | (24) |
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9.1 Introduction to Smart Materials |
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207 | (3) |
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208 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Shape Memory Alloys |
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208 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Challenges in Controlling Shape Memory Alloys |
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209 | (1) |
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9.2 Introduction to Reinforcement Learning |
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210 | (8) |
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9.2.1 The Reinforcement Learning Problem |
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210 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Temporal-Difference Methods |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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9.2.4 Function Approximation |
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215 | (3) |
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9.3 Smart Material Control as a Reinforcement Learning Problem |
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218 | (3) |
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9.3.1 State-Spaces and Action-Spaces for Smart Material Actuators |
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218 | (2) |
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9.3.2 Function Approximation Selection |
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220 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Exploiting Action-Value Function for Control |
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221 | (7) |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (3) |
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229 | (2) |
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10 Incorporation of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators into Morphing Aerostructures |
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231 | (30) |
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10.1 Introduction to Shape Memory Alloys |
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231 | (7) |
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10.1.1 Underlying Mechanisms |
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232 | (1) |
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10.1.2 Unique Engineering Effects |
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233 | (4) |
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10.1.3 Alternate Shape Memory Alloy Options |
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237 | (1) |
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10.2 Aerospace Applications of SMAs |
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238 | (9) |
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10.2.1 Fixed-Wing Aircraft |
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239 | (6) |
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245 | (1) |
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10.3 Characterization of SMA Actuators and Analysis of Actuator Systems |
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247 | (9) |
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10.3.1 Experimental Techniques and Considerations |
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248 | (4) |
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10.3.2 Established Analysis Tools |
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252 | (4) |
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256 | (5) |
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11 Hierarchical Control and Planning for Advanced Morphing Systems |
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261 | (20) |
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261 | (3) |
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11.1.1 Hierarchical Control Philosophy |
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262 | (2) |
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11.2 Morphing Dynamics and Performance Maps |
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264 | (7) |
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11.2.1 Discretization of Performance Maps via Graphs |
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265 | (5) |
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11.2.2 Planning on Morphing Graphs |
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270 | (1) |
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11.3 Application to Advanced Morphing Structures |
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271 | (8) |
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11.3.1 Morphing Graph Construction |
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273 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Introduction to the Kagome Truss |
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275 | (2) |
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11.3.3 Examples of Morphing with the Kagome Truss |
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277 | (2) |
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12 A Collective Assessment |
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281 | (4) |
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12.1 Looking Around: State-of-the-Art |
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281 | (1) |
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12.2 Looking Ahead: The Way Forward |
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