Aircraft loss-of-control accident prevention: Switching control of the GTM aircraft with elevator jam failures

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chang, Bor Chin ^a,c   Kwatny, Harry G ^a,c   Belcastro, Christine ^b,d   Belcastro, Celeste ^b,e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MEM Department   (United States)

^d Dynamic Systems and Control Branch   (United States)

^e Safety Critical Avionics Systems Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR FAILURES; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; H2 CONTROL THEORY; LONGITUDINAL DYNAMICS; LOSS-OF-CONTROL ACCIDENTS; PERSISTENT DISTURBANCES; STRUCTURE DAMAGE; SWITCHING CONTROL; THRUST CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTUATORS; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROLLERS; ELEVATORS; LONGITUDINAL CONTROL; LOSS PREVENTION; NASA; NAVIGATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 77953761439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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