Controlling aircraft with engine thrust only: Nonlinear challenges

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Lu, Ping ^a   Burken, John J ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight control; Nonlinear control; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT CONTROL; LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR METHOD; PROPULSION CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032785744     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(98)00096-0     Document Type: Article

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