Robust, decoupled, flight control design with rate-saturating actuators

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-367

  Snell, S A ^a,b   Hess, R A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032075158     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4253     Document Type: Article

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