Design and evaluation of a damage-tolerant flight control system

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-359

  Hess, R A ^a   Vetter, T K ^b   Wells, S R ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconfigurable control; Robust flight control; Sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

CONTROL EFFECTOR VEHICLES; RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL; ROBUST FLIGHT CONTROL;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 30344471546     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: 09544100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441005X7259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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