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Optimal Control Course

Optimal Control Course
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?

This course teaches modeling of one-dimensional vertical rocket dynamics, setting realistic constraints, and examining phase-space behavior to achieve safe and fuel-efficient landings. Learners apply Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle, construct Hamiltonians, manage costates, solve boundary value problems via indirect shooting and direct transcription methods, and explore practical extensions with implementation tips for actual systems.

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  • Build one-dimensional rocket models by deriving, scaling, and applying constraints to vertical dynamics for effective control.
  • Design fuel-optimal landing trajectories by formulating and rapidly solving control problems based on Pontryagin’s principle.
  • Analyze bang-bang control strategies by calculating switching times and plotting phase-space paths.
  • Implement numerical optimal control techniques including shooting methods, collocation, and mesh refinement for practical use.
  • Convert theoretical concepts into hardware applications by addressing delays, noise, physical limits, and safety margins.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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