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Aircraft Stability and Control

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Equilibrium States
  • Static Stability
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Aircraft Dynamics
  • Aircraft Dynamics (cont.)
  • Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics
  • Approximate Longitudinal Dynamics Models
  • Aircraft Lateral Dynamics
  • Basic Longitudinal Control
  • State Space Control
  • State Space Control (cont.)
  • Aircraft Lateral Autopilots
  • Aircraft Longitudinal Autopilots
  • Equations of Motion in a Nonuniform Atmosphere
  • Inertial Sensors
  • System Identification
  • Model Validation

Readings

  • Recommended: Etkin, Bernard, and Lloyd Duff Reid. Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control . 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 1995. ISBN: 0471034185.
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  • Recommended: Nelson, Robert C. Flight Stability and Automatic Control . 2nd ed. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, 1997. ISBN: 0070462739.
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  • Recommended: Cook, M. V. Flight Dynamics Principles . London: Arnold, 1997. ISBN: 0340632003.
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  • Perkins, C., and R. Hage. Airplane Performance Stability and Control . 1st ed. New York: Wiley, 1949. ISBN: 047168046X.
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  • Stevens, B., and F. Lewis. Aircraft Control and Simulation . 2nd ed. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2003. ISBN: 0471371459.
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  • Blakelock, John H. Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles . 2nd ed. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1991. ISBN: 0471506516.
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  • Collinson, R. P. G. Introduction to Avionics Systems . 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2002. ISBN: 1402072783.
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  • Franklin, Gene F., J. David Powell, and Abbas Emami-Naeini. Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems . 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 0130323934.
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  • McRuer, Duane, Irving Ashkenas, and Dunstan Graham. Aircraft Dynamics and Automatic Control . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. ISBN: 0691080836.
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  • Roskam, Jan. Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Controls . Lawrence, KS: Darcorporation, 2001. ISBN: 1884885179.
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  • Bryson, Arthur E. Control of Spacecraft and Aircraft . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0691087822.
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  • Abzug, M., and E. Larrabee. Airplane Stability and Control . 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0521809924.
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  • McCormick, B. Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics . 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1994. ISBN: 0471575062.
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