Introduction to quantitative feedback theory for lateral robust flight control systems design

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 805-828

  Wu, S F ^a   Grimble, M J ^a   Breslin, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control design; Frequency domain; QFT; Robustness; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY;

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY (QFT);

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032108198     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(98)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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