This is the first book to focus on the use of nonlinear analysis and synthesis techniques for aircraft control. It is also the first book to address in detail closed-loop control problems for aircraft "on-ground" - i.e. speed and directional control of aircraft before take-off and after touch down. The book will be of interest to engineers, researchers, and students in control engineering, and especially aircraft control.

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Benchmarks and Design and Analysis Challenges.- The AIRBUS On-Ground Transport Aircraft Benchmark.- On-Ground Transport Aircraft Nonlinear Control Design and Analysis Challenges.- The ADMIRE Benchmark Aircraft Model.- Nonlinear Flight Control Design and Analysis Challenge.- Applications to the Airbus Benchmark.- Nonlinear Symbolic LFT Tools for Modelling, Analysis and Design.- Nonlinear LFT Modelling for On-Ground Transport Aircraft.- On-Ground Aircraft Control Design Using an LPV Anti-windup Approach.- Rapid Prototyping Using Inversion-Based Control and Object-Oriented Modelling.- Robustness Analysis Versus Mixed LTI/LTV Uncertainties for On-Ground Aircraft.- Applications to the ADMIRE Benchmark.- An LPV Control Law Design and Evaluation for the ADMIRE Model.- Block Backstepping for Nonlinear Flight Control Law Design.- Optimisation-Based Flight Control Law Clearance.- Investigation of the ADMIRE Manoeuvring Capabilities Using Qualitative Methods.- Industrial Evaluation and Concluding Remarks.- Industrial Evaluation.- Concluding Remarks.