Automatic Flight Control Systems: Latest Developments (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533078168)

The history of flight control is inseparably linked to the history of aviation itself. Since the early days, the concept of automatic flight control systems has evolved from mechanical control systems to highly advanced automatic fly-by-wire flight control systems which can be found nowadays in military jets and civil airliners. Even today, many research efforts are made for the further development of these flight control systems in various aspects. Recent new developments in this field focus on a wealth of different aspects. This book focuses on a selection of key research areas, such as inertial navigation, control of unmanned aircraft and helicopters, trajectory control of an unmanned space re-entry vehicle, aeroservoelastic control, adaptive flight control, and fault tolerant flight control. This book consists of two major sections. The first section focuses on a literature review and some recent theoretical developments in flight control systems. The second section discusses some concepts of adaptive and fault-tolerant flight control systems. Each technique discussed in this book is illustrated by a relevant example.

Author: Thomas Lombaerts
ISBN-10: 9533078162
ISBN-13: 9789533078168
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2012
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.56d