... nonlinearity and model uncertainty. Christopher and Anouck (2012) presented that the dynamics of FWAVs are stable only when the flight control is acted on. Moreover, the wind disturbances in the complex environment further increase the difficulties of the steady flight of FWAV . Therefore, it is essential...

... of aircraft and pave the way for further research in this field. Originality/value This research presents a novel combination of traditional and intelligent control strategies for longitudinal aircraft dynamics, providing a practical methodology for real-time adaptive flight control. The findings offer...

... ¯ + ω × ω × m d ρ ¯ − G b − T b Flight control Sideslip trim Adaptive nonlinear dynamic inversion Fault-tolerant control Since 1907, when Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright successfully designed and built the Flyer 1 and accomplished the first flight in history...

... for automatic carrier landing system (ACLS) to achieve safe carrier landing control. Design/methodology/approach First, the framework of ACLS is established, which includes flight glide path model, guidance model, approach power compensation system and flight controller model. Subsequently, the carrier deck...

...Tomasz Rogalski; Paweł Rzucidło; Stanisław Noga; Dariusz Nowak Purpose This study presents an image processing algorithm capable of calculating selected flight parameters requested by flight control systems to guide aircraft along the horizontal projection of the landing trajectory. The parameters...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Path following Flight control UAV Vector field Nonlinear guidance law Flight test In the past decade, advances in micro-electronics, sensing technology and signal processing...

...Tomasz Rogalski; Paweł Rzucidło; Stanisław Noga; Jacek Prusik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the idea of automatic flight control algorithms capable of performing an Immelmann turn manoeuvre automatically. This is a case of a manoeuvre far removed from so-called standard flight...

... This was the research paper that analyzed the impact of the variable SFD gradience in the ASS servo system and presented an LPV control method to solve it. It was applicable for the SFD gradience changing in the linear and non-linear cases. Flight control Active side stick Variable force-displacement gradience...

... be contacted at: ulkerhakan@gmail.com 13 06 2016 22 01 2017 24 01 2017 06 02 2017 06 02 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Flight control Model predictive control Fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle...

...Yanhua Han Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model the aircraft-cargo’s coupling dynamics during ultra-low altitude heavy cargo airdrop and to design the aircraft’s robust flight control law counteracting its aerodynamic coefficients perturbation induced by ground effect and the disturbance...

... and controlled manner using constrained multi input multi output (MIMO) model predictive controllers (MPCs). Design/methodology/approach An MPC strategy based on the lateral and longitudinal linear models is proposed for the flight control design. Simulations are carried out for the nonlinear closed-loop...

...Ri Liu; Xiuxia Sun; Wenhan Dong Purpose During low altitude airdrop operations, the heavy cargo moving inside and the sudden dropping out exert serious threats on the aircraft safety and mission performance. This paper aims to propose an efficient flight control method for the airdrop operations...

...Emre Kiyak Purpose This study aims to present a method for the conceptual design and simulation of an aircraft flight control system. Design/methodology/approach The design methodology is based on particle swarm optimization (PSO). PSO can be used to improve the performance of conventional...

... is an effective and adaptive method for complex dynamic system. In this paper, wind shear flight control laws are developed for the dynamics of a B-747 aircraft by using symbolic control. The problem of efficiently steering dynamical systems with disturbance by using symbolic control is considered...

...Yanbin Liu; Keming Yao; Yuping Lu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the flight control law based on the fuzzy logic control methods for Mars airplane, and the research emphasis is placed on the attitude hold and the command track using the fuzzy control. Design/methodology...

... at: Michael.Felux@dlr.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 GBAS GAST‐D GLS ILS Flight trial Approach guidance Flight control Aircraft In civil aviation today, instrument guidance on the final approach as well as during landing and rollout is almost always provided by the instrument...

... (°) δ_xc=actual roll fin deflection (°) δ_yc=desired yaw fin deflection (°) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Reusable boosted vehicle Cross coupling Coordinated gain scheduling control strategy Simulation Flight control Symbols α...

... of interpreting gain or loss of energy along the aircraft's trajectory, which addresses energy management within given energy constraints during real‐time flight control. We begin by segregating the primary control activities during a flight (Figure 3) into: planning (both before a flight (pre‐flight...

... of attraction. Stability (control theory) Flight control Elastic flight vehicle Nonlinear modeling Stability analysis Sum of squares Region of attraction Symbols f_z(x, t)=distributed normal force along the flight vehicle's body (N...

...@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Control systems Flight control Flapping flight Feedback linearization Trajectory control Piezoelectric actuator The recent interest in micro aerial vehicles (MAVs), largely motivated by the need for aerial reconnaissance robots...