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Trim analysis of a three-line kite airborne wind Energy system using bifurcation analysis

Kevin Yu Undergraduate Student, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Duc H. Nguyen Lecturer in Flight Dynamics and Control, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Iván Castro-Fernández Tenure researcher, Department of Space Programmes, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Carretera de Ajalvir Km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
Francisco DeLosRíos-Navarrete Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
Jorge González-García PhD Student, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
Mark H. Lowenberg Professor of Flight Dynamics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga Full Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Keywords: airborne wind energy; kite; tether; nonlinear dynamics; bifurcation; renewable energy
View PDFCEAS-GNC-2026-026 doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-026


Kevin Yu, Duc H. Nguyen, Iván Castro-Fernández, Francisco DeLosRíos-Navarrete, Jorge González-García, Mark H. Lowenberg, Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga: Trim analysis of a three-line kite airborne wind Energy system using bifurcation analysis. Proceedings of the 2026 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Madrid, Spain. May 2026. doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-026.
BibTeX entry (UTF-8):

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2026-026,
    author = {Yu, Kevin and Nguyen, Duc H. and Castro-Fernández, Iván and DeLosRíos-Navarrete, Francisco and González-García, Jorge and Lowenberg, Mark H. and Sánchez-Arriaga, Gonzalo},
    title = {Trim analysis of a three-line kite airborne wind Energy system using bifurcation analysis},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Madrid, Spain},
    month = may,
    year = {2026},
    doi = {10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-026}
}