Adaptive model inversion control of a helicopter with structural load limiting

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 34-48

  Sahani, Nilesh A ^a,b   Horn, Joseph F ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AERODYNAMICS; BANDWIDTH; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; HELICOPTERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VECTORS;

ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORKS (ANN); HANDLING QUALITY; LOAD LIMITING; ROTORCRAFT;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 19644398759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-4753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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