Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 18, 2013 - Technology & Engineering - 312 pages
Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control addresses airplane flight dynamics and control in a largely classical manner, but with references to modern treatment throughout. Classical feedback control methods are illustrated with relevant examples, and current trends in control are presented by introductions to dynamic inversion and control allocation.

This book covers the physical and mathematical fundamentals of aircraft flight dynamics as well as more advanced theory enabling a better insight into nonlinear dynamics. This leads to a useful introduction to automatic flight control and stability augmentation systems with discussion of the theory behind their design, and the limitations of the systems. The author provides a rigorous development of theory and derivations and illustrates the equations of motion in both scalar and matrix notation.

Key features:

  • Classical development and modern treatment of flight dynamics and control
  • Detailed and rigorous exposition and examples, with illustrations
  • Presentation of important trends in modern flight control systems
  • Accessible introduction to control allocation based on the author's seminal work in the field
  • Development of sensitivity analysis to determine the influential states in an airplane's response modes
  • End of chapter problems with solutions available on an accompanying website

Written by an author with experience as an engineering test pilot as well as a university professor, Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control provides the reader with a systematic development of the insights and tools necessary for further work in related fields of flight dynamics and control. It is an ideal course textbook and is also a valuable reference for many of the necessary basic formulations of the math and science underlying flight dynamics and control.

 

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Contents

Introduction
Coordinate System Transformations
Rotating Coordinate Systems
Inertial Accelerations
Forces and Moments
Equations of Motion
Linearization
Solutions to the Linear Equations
Flying Qualities
Automatic Flight Control
Trends in Automatic Flight Control
Example Aircraft
Linearization
Derivation of Euler Parameters
Fedeevas Algorithm
Index

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A-4 Skyhawk aileron aircraft airplane angle-of-attack angular approximation Argand diagram assume axis bank angle body axes body-axis coefficient components consider control allocation problem control effectors control law coordinate system damping ratio defined deflection dependencies derivatives determine differential equations dimensional direction cosine direction cosine matrix Dutch roll dynamic inversion eigenvalues eigenvector entries equations of motion Euler angles Euler parameters evaluate example expression facet feedback flight condition flight control flight dynamics Flight Phases flying qualities force equations forces and moments inertial acceleration initial condition kinematic equations lateral–directional lift linear longitudinal MATLAB negative non-dimensional ordinary differential equations phugoid pitch rate pitching moment plane of symmetry polynomial reference conditions reference frame relationships relative response result roll mode roll rate root locus rudder scalar short period shown in Figure sideslip solution solve specifications stability steady-state subscript symmetric flight thrust transfer function transformation values vector wind axes wind-axis yaw rate zero

About the author (2013)

Wayne Durham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Wayne Durham is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His area of research focuses on aircraft flight dynamics and control and he teaches a course (AOE 5214) on this subject at Virginia Tech University. He previously worked as a flight instructor at various Navy Schools in the US.

Bibliographic information

TitleAircraft Flight Dynamics and Control
Aerospace Series
AuthorWayne Durham
ContributorsPeter Belobaba, Jonathan Cooper, Allan Seabridge
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013
ISBN1118646800, 9781118646809
Length312 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Mechanical
  
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