Design and ground-based simulation of an H∞ limited authority flight control system for the Westland Lynx Helicopter

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-234

  Turner, Matthew C ^a   Walker, Daniel J ^b   Alford, Adrian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GKN Aerospace   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Limited authority; Saturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035607327     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1270-9638(01)01093-8     Document Type: Article

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