Get a complete understanding of aircraft control and simulation
Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and
Autonomous Systems, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to aircraft
control and simulation. This updated text covers flight control systems,
flight dynamics, aircraft modeling, and flight simulation from both
classical design and modern perspectives, as well as two new chapters on
the modeling, simulation, and adaptive control of unmanned aerial
vehicles. With detailed examples, including relevant MATLAB calculations
and FORTRAN codes, this approachable yet detailed reference also
provides access to supplementary materials, including chapter problems
and an instructor's solution manual.
Aircraft control, as a subject area, combines an understanding of
aerodynamics with knowledge of the physical systems of an aircraft. The
ability to analyze the performance of an aircraft both in the real world
and in computer-simulated flight is essential to maintaining proper
control and function of the aircraft. Keeping up with the skills
necessary to perform this analysis is critical for you to thrive in the
aircraft control field.
- Explore a steadily progressing list of topics, including equations of
motion and aerodynamics, classical controls, and more advanced control
methods
- Consider detailed control design examples using computer numerical
tools and simulation examples
- Understand control design methods as they are applied to aircraft
nonlinear math models
- Access updated content about unmanned aircraft (UAVs)
Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls Design, and
Autonomous Systems, Third Edition is an essential reference for
engineers and designers involved in the development of aircraft and
aerospace systems and computer-based flight simulations, as well as
upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying mechanical and
aerospace engineering.
