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 an...

Table of Contents:

• 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.