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Distance Transform Path Planning Algorithm
clc;close all;clear all; Input Map RGB = imread('Mapn.png'); figure('Position',[600 0 600 1000],'color','k'); image(RGB); hold on; axis off axis image hold off; % Convert to binary…
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Voronoi Road Map, Path Planing
clc;close all;clear all; Input Map RGB = imread('Map.png'); figure('Position',[100 0 600 700],'color','k'); imagesc(RGB); axis image title('Input Map','color','w'); axis off set(gcf, 'InvertHardCopy', 'off'); hold off; Convert…
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Potential Field Path Planning
clc;close all;clear all; Input Map RGB = imread('Mapn.png'); figure('Position',[600 0 600 1000],'color','k'); image(RGB); hold on; axis off axis image Convert to binary image matrix and…
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Computing a Skeleton of a Map for Mobile Robots,Path Planning
clc;close all;clear all; Input Map RGB = imread('Map1.png'); figure('Position',[0 0 800 800]); imshow(RGB); Convert to binary image matrix and inverse matrix values I = rgb2gray(RGB);…
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Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere(MST) Radar Data Analysis
In this example we analyse data from MST (mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere) radar observations. MST radars used to do observation of the dynamics of the lower and middle atmosphere to…
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AGI STK 10 MATLAB INTERFACE: Satellite Ground Track
close all; clear all; clc AGI STK, is as a software package from Analytical Graphics, Inc.(AGI) that allows to perform complex analyses of ground, sea,…
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Relative Motion of Satellites, Numerical Simulation
This example shows how to use the state vectors of spacecraft A and B to find the position, velocity and acceleration of B relative to…
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Phased Array Antenna, Radiation Pattern and Array Configuration
Phased array consisting of N lined up individual isotropic antennas with the composite main antenna beam into vertical direction. This code based on the governing…
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Universal anomaly, Lagrange f and g coefficients
Contents Universal anomaly, Lagrange f and g coefficients Hyperbolic trajectory Universal anomaly, Lagrange f and g coefficients Given the initial position R0 and velocity V0…
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Satellite Ground Track, MOLNIYA 1-93
Molniya satellite systems were military communications satellites used by the Soviet Union. The satellites used highly eccentric elliptical orbits of 63.4 degrees inclination and orbital…
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Molniya Orbit, Satellite Orbits
Molniya orbit is a highly elliptical orbit with an inclination of 63.4 degrees, an argument of perigee of -90 degrees and an orbital period of…
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Two Body Problem Numerical Solution,Satellite – Earth
Given initial position and velocity of an earth orbiting satellite at a given instant.In this example we will numerically solve fundamental equation of relative two-body…
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Space Debris
The program plots track-able space debris distribution in the orbit from three major accidents. 'Cosmos 2251/Iridium 33 ', 'BREEZE-M 2012-044C ', 'FENGYUN 1C' TLE Data Source. http://www.celestrak.com/ December…
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CubeSats currently in orbit
The program extracts CubeSats orbital elements from TLE sets. TLE Data Source http://www.celestrak.com/ December 08, 2012 clc; clear all; mu = 398600; % Standard gravitational parameter…
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- Glass Properties, refractive index, Abbe number, dispersion formula
- Mersenne primes, digits occurrence statistics
- Mersenne prime digits
- Basic MATLAB
- MATH Art
- Vehicle detection, blob analysis
- World Magnetic Model,Matlab
- Distance Transform Path Planning Algorithm
- Voronoi Road Map, Path Planing
- Potential Field Path Planning
- Computing a Skeleton of a Map for Mobile Robots,Path Planning
- Swirl,Matlab Code
- Voronoi diagram of Prime Spiral
- Ulam spiral,Prime factors spiral
- Henneberg surface, Matlab code
- Ford Circles
- Dragon Fractal
- Box Fractals
- Voronoi Diagram, Capitals of Every Country
- Carotid-Kundalini function
- Butterfly Fractal
- Dynamics simulator program for the robot
- Direct and inverse kinematics problem,linear motion controller
- Experimental Determination of a Geometric Form Factor in a Lidar Equation
- Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere(MST) Radar Data Analysis
- AGI STK 10 MATLAB INTERFACE: Satellite Ground Track
- Relative Motion of Satellites, Numerical Simulation
- Relative Motion of Satellites
- Composite Rocket Propellant
- Orbital Inclination Change
- Phased Array Antenna, Radiation Pattern and Array Configuration
- Kepler Equation Solver Without Transcendental Function Evaluations
- Kepler’s equation, Iterative and Non-Iterative Solver Comparison
- Local Sidereal Time
- Azimuth and Elevation
- Greenwich Sidereal Time
- Reduced,Modified,Truncated,Dublin Julian Days, Mars Solar Date
- Julian Day
- Sun-Synchronous Circular Orbit, Inclination vs Altitude (LEO,J2 perturbed)
- Sun-Synchronous (Heliosynchronous) Orbit, Mean Orbital Inclination (J2 perturbed)
- Escape velocity,Sun and Earth surface
- Impact probability,Leonid storm
- Spacecraft shielding
- Sputtering, Impact threshold energy
- Amount of Out-Gassed Mass due to Diffusion,Total Mass Loss (TML)
- Kinetic Theory of the Solar Wind Plasma
- Brightness of the spacecraft Glow
- Debye length, plasma frequency and cyclotron frequency
- Fundamental constants
- Rodrigues Parameters from Rotation Matrix
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