Modeling, Control and Coordination of Helicopter Systems

• Main Authors: Ren, Beibei (Author), Ge, Shuzhi Sam (Author), Chen, Chang (Author), Fua, Cheng-Heng (Author), Lee, Tong Heng (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Machinery.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Control engineering.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Control.

Modeling, Control and Coordination of Helicopter Systems provides a comprehensive treatment of helicopter systems, ranging from related nonlinear flight dynamic modeling and stability analysis to advanced control design for single helicopter systems, and also covers issues related to the coordinatio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction.-Building a Nonlinear Rotary-wing Aircraft Model
• Stability Analysis for Rotary-wing Aircraft
•  Altitude Control of Helicopters With Unknown Dynamics
• Altitude and Yaw Control of Helicopters With Uncertain Dynamics
• Attitude Control of Uncertain Helicopters with Actuator Dynamics.-Kinematic Formation Control Using Q-Structures
• Dynamic Altitude Synchronization Using Graph Theory.