Nonlinear Control of Fighter Aircraft

Abstract

The problem of designing flight control systems for high performance tailless fighter aircraft is discussed in the report. The research uses linear matrix inequalities and semidefinite programming to addresses three areas of tailless fighter flight control. The first area investigates H2 and Hinf controller design using linear matrix inequalities. The second area uses linear matrix inequalities and linear parameter varying models to develop stability analysis tools for gain scheduled and reconfigurable control laws. The third area focused on using linear matrix inequalities to design aeroservoelastic fitters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA386872

Entities

People

  • Jack L. Sedwick
  • Kevin A. Wise
  • Yutaka Ikeda

Organizations

  • McDonnell Douglas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Tailless Aircraft

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Robotics and Automation.