Toward an intelligent, deterioration accommodating controller for aging turbofan engines

Aeronautical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1137, 2008, Pages 641-651

  Turso, J A ^a   Litt, J S ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; ENGINES; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; ROBUST CONTROL; TURBOFAN ENGINES;

EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES; LINEAR PARAMETER VARYING; LINEAR PARAMETER VARYING SYSTEMS; MULTILAYER FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE; QUADRATIC LYAPUNOV FUNCTION; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 57749121447     PISSN: 00019240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000192400000261X     Document Type: Article

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