Aircraft Control and Simulation
Dynamics, Controls Design, and Autonomous Systems
3rd Edition
Published on 5. October 2015
768 pages
978-1-118-87099-0 (ISBN)
Description
Get a complete understanding of aircraft control and simulation
Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and Autonomous Systems, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to aircraft control and simulation. This updated text covers flight control systems, flight dynamics, aircraft modeling, and flight simulation from both classical design and modern perspectives, as well as two new chapters on the modeling, simulation, and adaptive control of unmanned aerial vehicles. With detailed examples, including relevant MATLAB calculations and FORTRAN codes, this approachable yet detailed reference also provides access to supplementary materials, including chapter problems and an instructor's solution manual.
Aircraft control, as a subject area, combines an understanding of aerodynamics with knowledge of the physical systems of an aircraft. The ability to analyze the performance of an aircraft both in the real world and in computer-simulated flight is essential to maintaining proper control and function of the aircraft. Keeping up with the skills necessary to perform this analysis is critical for you to thrive in the aircraft control field.
* Explore a steadily progressing list of topics, including equations of motion and aerodynamics, classical controls, and more advanced control methods
* Consider detailed control design examples using computer numerical tools and simulation examples
* Understand control design methods as they are applied to aircraft nonlinear math models
* Access updated content about unmanned aircraft (UAVs)
Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and Autonomous Systems, Third Edition is an essential reference for engineers and designers involved in the development of aircraft and aerospace systems and computer-based flight simulations, as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Reviews / Votes
The book retains its original chapter subject skeleton with the titles slightly changed and as mentioned has two new chapters added, in total it is some 150 pages longer than the original. This is not however a simple graft of new material onto the original book. Many of the chapters have been rewritten so that even where much the same material is covered, it is more detailed and augmented, whilst at the same time maintaining a consistent uniform style across the whole book....In conclusion this new edition is a significant update of a popular text...(The Aeronautical Journal- January 2017)More details
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Persons
BRIAN L. STEVENS is a retired Senior Research Engineer from the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute, where he continues to teach classes in Guidance, Navigation, and Control.
FRANK L. LEWIS is a Distinguished Scholar Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Moncrief-O'Donnell Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute.
ERIC N. JOHNSON is the Lockheed Martin Associate Professor of Avionics Integration, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Content
Preface xi
1 The Kinematics and Dynamics of Aircraft Motion 1
1.1 Introduction / 1
1.2 Vector Operations / 3
1.3 Matrix Operations on Vector Coordinates / 7
1.4 Rotational Kinematics / 16
1.5 Translational Kinematics / 20
1.6 Geodesy, Coordinate Systems, Gravity / 23
1.7 Rigid-Body Dynamics / 34
1.8 Advanced Topics / 44
References / 58
Problems / 59
2 Modeling the Aircraft 63
2.1 Introduction / 63
2.2 Basic Aerodynamics / 64
2.3 Aircraft Forces And Moments / 75
2.4 Static Analysis / 101
2.5 The Nonlinear Aircraft Model / 108
2.6 Linear Models And The Stability Derivatives / 116
2.7 Summary / 137
References / 138
Problems / 139
3 Modeling, Design, and Simulation Tools 142
3.1 Introduction / 142
3.2 State-Space Models / 144
3.3 Transfer Function Models / 155
3.4 Numerical Solution Of The State Equations / 170
3.5 Aircraft Models For Simulation / 179
3.6 Steady-State Flight / 185
3.7 Numerical Linearization / 199
3.8 Aircraft Dynamic Behavior / 205
3.9 Feedback Control / 213
3.10 Summary / 241
References / 241
Problems / 243
4 Aircraft Dynamics and Classical Control Design 250
4.1 Introduction / 250
4.2 Aircraft Rigid-Body Modes / 257
4.3 The Handling-Qualities Requirements / 274
4.4 Stability Augmentation / 287
4.5 Control Augmentation Systems / 303
4.6 Autopilots / 322
4.7 Nonlinear Simulation / 344
4.8 Summary / 371
References / 372
Problems / 374
5 Modern Design Techniques 377
5.1 Introduction / 377
5.2 Assignment Of Closed-Loop Dynamics / 381
5.3 Linear Quadratic Regulator With Output Feedback / 397
5.4 Tracking A Command / 413
5.5 Modifying The Performance Index / 428
5.6 Model-Following Design / 455
5.7 Linear Quadratic Design With Full State Feedback / 470
5.8 Dynamic Inversion Design / 477
5.9 Summary / 492
References / 492
Problems / 495
6 Robustness and Multivariable Frequency-Domain Techniques 500
6.1 Introduction / 500
6.2 Multivariable Frequency-Domain Analysis / 502
6.3 Robust Output-Feedback Design / 525
6.4 Observers And The Kalman Filter / 529
6.5 Linear Quadratic Gaussian/Loop Transfer Recovery / 554
6.6 Summary / 577
References / 578
Problems / 580
7 Digital Control 584
7.1 Introduction / 584
7.2 Simulation Of Digital Controllers / 585
7.3 Discretization Of Continuous Controllers / 588
7.4 Modified Continuous Design / 598
7.5 Implementation Considerations / 611
7.6 Summary / 619
References / 620
Problems / 620
8 Modeling and Simulation of Miniature Aerial Vehicles 623
8.1 Introduction / 623
8.2 Propeller/Rotor Forces And Moments / 630
8.3 Modeling Rotor Flapping / 640
8.4 Motor Modeling / 645
8.5 Small Aerobatic Airplane Model / 648
8.6 Quadrotor Model / 654
8.7 Small Helicopter Model / 655
8.8 Summary / 660
References / 661
Problems / 661
9 Adaptive Control With Application to Miniature Aerial Vehicles 664
9.1 Introduction / 664
9.2 Model Reference Adaptive Control Based On Dynamic Inversion / 665
9.3 Neural Network Adaptive Control / 668
9.4 Limited Authority Adaptive Control / 674
9.5 Neural Network Adaptive Control Example / 680
9.6 Summary / 709
References / 709
Problems / 711
Appendix A F-16 Model 714
Appendix B Software 723
Index 733
