Practical design methodologies for robust nonlinear flight control

1996 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1-10

  Cheng, V H L ^a   Njaka, C E ^a   Menon, P K ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DESIGN; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROBUST CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL; ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION SYSTEMS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR CONTROLLER DESIGNS; NONLINEAR FLIGHT CONTROLS; ROBUST CONTROLLER DESIGN; SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84959163273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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