Integrity in Electronic Flight Control Systems.
Abstract
The intent of the AGARDograph is to address the hardware, software and man-machine interface aspects of reliable flight control systems. Rapid advances in solid-state electronics which resulted in a hundred-fold decrease in computer size, power and cost over the past two decades have revolutionized the design of modern flight control systems. Designers have capitalized on these gains primarily by incorporating additional control functions to improve aircraft or weapon system performance and survivability. As a result, control system complexity also has increased by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude, and highly-reliable flight control system operation has become critically important to mission planning and execution. While some increases in system reliability were obtained through redundancy in system mechanization, concerted efforts aimed at improving system integrity were not initiated until the late 1960's. This AGARDograph summarizes associated analysis, design, development and checkout approaches. The AGARDograph 1s organized into three major parts. Part I, Background and Requirements; Part 2, Analysis and Testing; and Part 3, Design and Implementation. This AGARDograph was prepared at the request of the Guidance and Control Panel of AGARD-NATO. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA041042
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD