Tau guidance in boundary-avoidance tracking: New perspectives on pilot-induced oscillations

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-92

  Padfield, Gareth D ^a,b   Lu, Linghai ^a,b   Jump, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; COUPLINGS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

CONTROL ACTIVITIES; FLIGHT SIMULATION; IN-FLIGHT SIMULATORS; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; PILOT-INDUCED OSCILLATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL;

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 84855313806     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.54065     Document Type: Article

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