Advanced control of aircraft, spacecraft and rockets /

• Main Author: Tewari, Ashish
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
• Series: Aerospace series (Chichester, England)
• Subjects: Flight control.; Airplanes > Control systems.; Space vehicles > Control systems.; Rockets (Aeronautics) > Control systems.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.; Electronic books.

 "Advanced Control of Aircraft, Missiles and Spacecraft introduces the reader to the concepts of modern control theory applied to the design and analysis of general flight control systems in a concise and mathematically rigorous style. It presents a comprehensive treatment of both atmospheric and space flight control systems including aircraft, rockets (missiles and launch vehicles), entry vehicles and spacecraft (both orbital and attitude control). The broad coverage of topics emphasizes the synergies among the various flight control systems and attempts to show their evolution from the same set of physical principles as well as their design and analysis by similar mathematical tools. In addition, this book presents state-of-art control system design methods - including multivariable, optimal, robust, digital and nonlinear strategies - as applied to modern flight control systems. Advanced Control of Aircraft, Missiles and Spacecraft features worked-out examples and problems at the end of each chapter as well as a number of MATLAB/ SIMULINK examples that are realistic and representative of the state-of-the-art in flight control"--   Provided by publisher. 

 Advanced Control of Aircraft, Spacecraft and Rockets; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Notation and Basic Definitions; 1.2 Control Systems; 1.2.1 Linear Tracking Systems; 1.2.2 Linear Time-Invariant Tracking Systems; 1.3 Guidance and Control of Flight Vehicles; 1.4 Special Tracking Laws; 1.4.1 Proportional Navigation Guidance; 1.4.2 Cross-Product Steering; 1.4.3 Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control; 1.5 Digital Tracking System; 1.6 Summary; Exercises; References; 2 Optimal Control Techniques; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Multi-variable Optimization.