Aircraft Dynamics and Automatic Control

McRuer, Duane T, and Graham, Dunstan, and Ashkenas, Irving

ISBN 10: 0691024405 / ISBN 13: 9780691024400

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1990

About this Item

Trade paperback (US). 809 p. Princeton Legacy Library, 2731. Audience: General/trade. Fair. Text contains highlights, underlining, or notes in a few places.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aircraft Dynamics and Automatic Control
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691024405
• ISBN 13: 9780691024400
• Binding: Trade paperback

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Synopsis

Aeronautical engineers concerned with the analysis of aircraft dynamics and the synthesis of aircraft flight control systems will find an indispensable tool in this analytical treatment of the subject. Approaching these two fields with the conviction that an understanding of either one can illuminate the other, the authors have summarized selected, interconnected techniques that facilitate a high level of insight into the essence of complex systems problems. These techniques are suitable for establishing nominal system designs, for forecasting off-nominal problems, and for diagnosing the root causes of problems that almost inevitably occur in the design process. A complete and self-contained work, the text discusses the early history of aircraft dynamics and control, mathematical models of linear system elements, feedback system analysis, vehicle equations of motion, longitudinal and lateral dynamics, and elementary longitudinal and lateral feedback control. The discussion concludes with such topics as the system design process, inputs and system performance assessment, and multi-loop flight control systems.

Originally published in 1974.

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Review

"Reviews in detail the aerodynamics and mathematical models for predicting longitudinal/lateral aircraft stability and control."--Aeronautical Journal