Aircraft flight envelope determination using upset detection and physical modeling methods

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Keller, Jeffrey D ^a,c   McKillip Jr , Robert M ^a,c   Kim, Sungwan ^b  

^a Continuum Dynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c 34 Lexington Ave ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; AIRCRAFT SAFETY; DETECTION METHODS; DISTRIBUTED LOADING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; FLIGHT ENVELOPE; FLIGHT OPERATION; MODEL-BASED FAULT DETECTION; MODEL-BASED METHOD; OPERATIONAL LIMITS; PHYSICAL MODELING; REFERENCE MODELS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; CONTROL SURFACES; DEGRADATION; FAULT DETECTION; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MODELS; NAVIGATION;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 78049250913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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