Digital autoland control laws using direct digital design and quantitative feedback theory

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4285-4313

  Wagner, Thomas ^a,b,c   Valasek, John ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Flight Simulation Laboratory   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

AUTOMATIC LANDING CONTROLLERS; INTEGRAL CONTROLLERS; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY; TURBULENT AIR;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845802512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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