Sequential loop closure in design of a robust rotorcraft flight control system

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1235-1240

  Gorder, Peter J ^a,c,d   Hess, Ronald A ^b,c,d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

MULTIPLE INPUT/MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) CONTROL SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE INPUT/SINGLE OUTPUT (MISO) CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY (QFT); ROTORCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEQUENTIAL LOOP CLOSURE;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031272811     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4182     Document Type: Article

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