Robust Multivariable Flight Control
By: by Richard J. Adams, James M. Buffington, Andrew G. Sparks, Siva S. Banda
Contributors: Buffington, James M.; Sparks, Andrew G.; Banda, Siva S.
Series: Advances in Industrial Control; Advances in industrial control
Publisher: Springer London
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781447121138; 9781447121114
Subjects: Engineering; Astronautics
Description: Manual flight control system design for fighter aircraft is one of the most demanding problems in automatic control. Fighter aircraft dynamics generally have highly coupled uncertain and nonlinear dynamics. Multivariable control design techniques offer a solution to this problem. Robust Multivariable Flight Control provides the background, theory and examples for full envelope manual flight control system design. It gives a versatile framework for the application of advanced multivariable control theory to aircraft control problems. Two design case studies are presented for the manual flight control of lateral/directional axes of the VISTA-F-16 test vehicle and an F-18 trust vectoring system. They demonstrate the interplay between theory and the physical features of the systems.
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