Design of a rate command μ controller for a shrouded fan uninhabited aerial vehicle

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Avanzini, Giulio ^a   Boserman, Francesco ^b   Ciniglio, Umberto ^c   de Matteis, Guido ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATION; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTIC; ROBUST PERFORMANCE; STABILITY ROBUSTNESS; STRUCTURED SINGULAR VALUES; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM STABILITY;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84896838641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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