Aircraft load alleviation by specifying its closed-loop eigenstructure

Reduction of aircraft loads, arising as a result of manoeuvre commands or atmospheric turbulence, by means of active control is an important problem in flight control. A variety of methods of designing appropriate control systems to achieve such reduction are available, but not every method is effec...

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Main Author: Ali, Qazi R.
Published: Loughborough University 1987
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376800
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Summary:Reduction of aircraft loads, arising as a result of manoeuvre commands or atmospheric turbulence, by means of active control is an important problem in flight control. A variety of methods of designing appropriate control systems to achieve such reduction are available, but not every method is effective. A feature of this research work is the use of an eigenvalue/eigenvector assignment method using full state variable feedback, to design aircraft load alleviation control systems.