Improved Clearance of a Flight Control Law Using μ-Analysis Techniques

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 869-884

  Bates, Declan G ^a,c   Kureemun, Ridwan ^a,c   Mannchen, Thomas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Department of Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; TAKEOFF;

AUGMENTED AIRCRAFT;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344036062     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6931     Document Type: Article

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