The Design of Digital Controllers for the C-141 Aircraft Using Entire Eigenstructure Assignment and the Development of an Inter-Active Computer Design Program.

Abstract

In this report, a deadbeat tracker and regulator are developed for the C-141 aircraft for three different flight conditions using the method of entire eigenstructure assignment. A heuristic iterative method is presented for determining an 'optimal' sampling time for deadbeat controllers by using the controllability matrix. In order to perform the above designs and to evaluate them through a continuous-time simulation, a computer aided design program is developed. This program allows the complete design and simulation of regulator, tracker, and disturbance rejection control systems with full-order observers. In addition, the program permits complete state-space analysis of the system being designed, including both discrete and continuous-time responses. A user's manual and programmer's guide are provided for further development of the program. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069192

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Kennedy

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Equations Of State
  • Low Altitude
  • Mass Storage
  • Medium Altitude
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Ripples
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computer Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers