A Quantitative Feedback Theory FCS Design for the Subsonic Envelope of the Vista F-16 Including Configuration Variation
A Quantitative Feedback Theory FCS Design for the Subsonic Envelope of the Vista F-16 Including Configuration Variation

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An aircraft's response to control inputs varies widely throughout its flight envelope. The aircraft configuration also impacts control response through variations in center of gravity and moments of inertia. Designing a flight control system (FCS) to accommodate the full flight envelope and configuration set of an aircraft is clearly a complex undertaking. Quantitative feedback theory (QFT) is a design tool which enables the engineer to attack this task in an efficient way. Although QFT is a robust control design technique, it is an interactive algorithm allowing the engineer full control over compensator order and gain. In this research effort, a full subsonic flight envelope FCS is designed for the VISTA F-16 aircraft using QFT. Four aircraft configurations are considered. The strict control of the compensator order and gain allowed by QFT facilitates the attainment of desired performance while avoiding physical saturations. In addition, flying qualities are imbedded in the longitudinal design through the use of a control parameter which varies with the aircraft's energy state. This parameter is synthesized to closely reflect the actual control desires of the pilot throughout the aircraft flight envelope. Linear simulations with realistically large control inputs are used to validate the design.

Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences

Author: Wade H. Shafer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1461559693

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS)* at Purdue University in 1957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dis semination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this jOint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all concerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an international publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Corporation of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 40 (thesis year 1995) a total of 10,746 thesis titles from 19 Canadian and 144 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this impor tant annual reference work. While Volume 40 reports theses submitted in 1995, on occasion, certain uni versities do report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time.

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

Industrial Control Systems Design
Industrial Control Systems Design

Author: Michael J. Grimble

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2001-03-30

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bridging the gap between research and industry, this volume systematically and comprehensively presents the latest advances in control and estimation. With emphasis on applications, industrial problems illustrate the use of transfer function and state space methods for modelling and design. Combining theroy with practice, Industrial Control Systems Design will appeal to practising engineers and academic researchers in control engineering. This unique reference: * spans fundamental state space and polynomial systems theory and introduces quantitative feedback theory. * Includes design case studies with illustrative problem descriptions and analysis from the steel, marine, process control, aerospace and power generation sectors. * Focuses on the challenges in predictive optimal control, now an indispensable method in advanced control applications. * Provides an introduction to safety-critical control systems design and combined fault monitoring and control techniques. * Discusses the design of LQG and H-controllers with several degrees of freedom, including feedback, tracking and feedforward functions.

Progress in System and Robot Analysis and Control Design
Progress in System and Robot Analysis and Control Design

Author: Spyros G. Tzafestas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-05-14

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The fields of control and robotics are now at an advanced level of maturity both in theory and practice. Numerous systems are used effectively in industrial production and other sectors of modern life. This volume contains a well-balanced collection of over fifty papers focusing on analysis and design problems. The current trends and advances in the fields are reflected. Topics covered include: system analysis, identification and stability optimal, adaptive, robust and QFT controller design design and application of driving simulators industrial robots and telemanipulators mobile, service, and legged robots virtual reality in robotics The book brings together important original results derived from a variety of academic and engineering environments. Also, it serves as a timely reference volume for the researcher and practitioner.