Dynamic Soaring Optimal Control Problem
The dynamic soaring optimal control problem is stated as follows. Minimize the cost functional
subject to the dynamic constraints
and the boundary conditions
The solution to the dynamic soaring optimal control problem using GPOPS-II is shown in the figures below.
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