Optimum mission performance and multivariable flight guidance for airbreathing launch vehicles

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1157-1164

  Schmidt, David K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Flight Dynam and Control Laboratory   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORBITS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SYSTEM STABILITY;

AIRBREATHING LAUNCH VEHICLES; HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATED SYNTHESIS METHOD; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY; SCRAMJET PROPULSION;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031272810     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4171     Document Type: Article

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