Robust Nonlinear Control of Tailless Aircraft

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop tools leading to effective control strategies for tailless fighter aircraft. Emphasis was placed on the development of control algorithms that yield robust performance in the presence of actuator magnitude and rate limits and that account for the interaction of a pilot with the airframe and control system. The results of this research are documented in the 22 papers that are listed in this report. These papers present the development of numerous new analysis tools for nonlinear control systems with an emphasis on disturbance attenuation and sampled data control. These algorithms were applied to the manual flight control problem for open loop unstable fighter aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367415

Entities

People

  • Andrew R. Teel

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Attenuation
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Control Systems
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Feedback
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Lyapunov Functions
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
  • Nonlinear Systems
  • Tailless Aircraft

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security