Aircraft accident prevention: Loss-of-control analysis

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kwatny, Harry G ^a   Dongmo, Jean Etienne T ^a   Chang, Bor Chin ^a   Bajpai, Gaurav ^b,d   Yasar, Murat ^b   Belcastro, Christine ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNO SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Dynamics and Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; NASA; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

GENERIC TRANSPORT MODELS; LOSS OF CONTROL; PRIMARY SOURCES; STATE AND CONTROL CONSTRAINTS;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 78049317763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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