Design of robust control systems for a hypersonic aircraft

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-63

  Marrison, Christopher I ^a,b,c   Stengel, Robert F ^a,b,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Mech and Aerosp Eng ^*  (United States)

^c Wyman and Company   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTION CONTROL; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031696650     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4197     Document Type: Article

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