Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control

Zusatztext "Although not a replacement for Bernard Etkins' Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight or Mike Cook's Flight Dynamic Principles! it is an ideal companion book for students and those beginning their careers in flight dynamics and control." (The Aeronautical Journal! 1 June 2014)"Written by an author with experience as an engineering test pilot as well as a university professor! Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control provides the reader with a systematic development of the insights and tools necessary for further work in related fields of flight dynamics and control. It is an ideal course textbook and is also a valuable reference for many of the necessary basic formulations of the math and science underlying flight dynamics and control." (Expofairs.com! 15 May 2014) Informationen zum Autor Wayne Durham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USAWayne Durham is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His area of research focuses on aircraft flight dynamics and control and he teaches a course (AOE 5214) on this subject at Virginia Tech University. He previously worked as a flight instructor at various Navy Schools in the US. Klappentext Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control addresses airplane flight dynamics and control in a largely classical manner, but with references to modern treatment throughout. Classical feedback control methods are illustrated with relevant examples, and current trends in control are presented by introductions to dynamic inversion and control allocation.This book covers the physical and mathematical fundamentals of aircraft flight dynamics as well as more advanced theory enabling a better insight into nonlinear dynamics. This leads to a useful introduction to automatic flight control and stability augmentation systems with discussion of the theory behind their design, and the limitations of the systems. The author provides a rigorous development of theory and derivations and illustrates the equations of motion in both scalar and matrix notation.Key features: Classical development and modern treatment of flight dynamics and control Detailed and rigorous exposition and examples, with illustrations Presentation of important trends in modern flight control systems Accessible introduction to control allocation based on the author's seminal work in the field Development of sensitivity analysis to determine the influential states in an airplane's response modes End of chapter problems with solutions available on an accompanying websiteWritten by an author with experience as an engineering test pilot as well as a university professor, Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control provides the reader with a systematic development of the insights and tools necessary for further work in related fields of flight dynamics and control. It is an ideal course textbook and is also a valuable reference for many of the necessary basic formulations of the math and science underlying flight dynamics and control. Zusammenfassung Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control addresses airplane flight dynamics and control in a largely classical manner, but with references to modern treatment throughout. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface xiiiGlossary xv1 Introduction 11.1 Background 11.2 Overview 21.3 Customs and Conventions 62 Coordinate Systems 72.1 Background 72.2 The Coordinate Systems 72.2.1 The inertial reference frame, FI 72.2.2 The earth-centered reference frame, FEC 82.2.3 The earth-fixed reference frame, FE 82.2.4 The local-horizontal reference frame, FH 82.2.5 Body-fixed reference frames, FB 102.2.6 Wind-axis system, FW 122.2.7 Atmospheric reference frame 122.3 Vector Notation 132.4 Customs and Conventions 142.4.1 Latitude and longitude 142.4.2 Body axes 142.4.3 'The' body-axis system 142.4.4 Aerodynamic angles 153 Coordinate...

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Wayne Durham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Wayne Durham is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His area of research focuses on aircraft flight dynamics and control and he teaches a course (AOE 5214) on this subject at Virginia Tech University. He previously worked as a flight instructor at various Navy Schools in the US.

Klappentext

Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control addresses airplane flight dynamics and control in a largely classical manner, but with references to modern treatment throughout. Classical feedback control methods are illustrated with relevant examples, and current trends in control are presented by introductions to dynamic inversion and control allocation. This book covers the physical and mathematical fundamentals of aircraft flight dynamics as well as more advanced theory enabling a better insight into nonlinear dynamics. This leads to a useful introduction to automatic flight control and stability augmentation systems with discussion of the theory behind their design, and the limitations of the systems. The author provides a rigorous development of theory and derivations and illustrates the equations of motion in both scalar and matrix notation. Key features: Classical development and modern treatment of flight dynamics and control Detailed and rigorous exposition and examples, with illustrations Presentation of important trends in modern flight control systems Accessible introduction to control allocation based on the author's seminal work in the field Development of sensitivity analysis to determine the influential states in an airplane's response modes End of chapter problems with solutions available on an accompanying website Written by an author with experience as an engineering test pilot as well as a university professor, Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control provides the reader with a systematic development of the insights and tools necessary for further work in related fields of flight dynamics and control. It is an ideal course textbook and is also a valuable reference for many of the necessary basic formulations of the math and science underlying flight dynamics and control.

Inhalt

Series Preface xiii Glossary xv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Overview 2 1.3 Customs and Conventions 6 2 Coordinate Systems 7 2.1 Background 7 2.2 The Coordinate Systems 7 2.2.1 The inertial reference frame, FI 7 2.2.2 The earth-centered reference frame, FEC 8 2.2.3 The earth-fixed reference frame, FE 8 2.2.4 The local-horizontal reference frame, FH 8 2.2.5 Body-fixed reference frames, FB 10 2.2.6 Wind-axis system, FW 12 2.2.7 Atmospheric reference frame 12 2.3 Vector Notation 13 2.4 Customs and Conventions 14 2.4.1 Latitude and longitude 14 2.4.2 Body axes 14 2.4.3 'The' body-axis system 14 2.4.4 Aerodynamic angles 15 3 Coordinate System Transformations 17 3.1 Problem Statement 17 3.2 Transformations 18 3.2.1 Definitions 18 3.2.2 Direction cosines 18 3.2.3 Euler angles 21 3.2.4 Euler parameters 25 3.3 Transformations of Systems of Equations 26 3.4 Customs and Conventions 27 3.4.1 Names of Euler angles 27 3.4.2 Principal values of Euler angles 27 4 Rotating Coordinate Systems 31 4.1 General 31 4.2 Direction Cosines 34 4.3 Euler Angles 34 4.4 Euler Parameters 36 4.5 Customs and Conventions 38 4.5.1 Angular velocity components 38 5 Inertial Accelerations 43 5.1 General 43 5.2 Inertial Acceleration of a Point 43 5.2.1 Arbitrary moving reference frame 43 5.2.2 Earth-centered moving reference frame 46 5.2.3 Earth-fixed moving reference frame 46 5.3 Inertial Acceleration of a Mass 47 5.3.1 Linear acceleration 48 5.3.2 Rotational acceleration 49 5.4 States 53 5.5 Customs and Conventions 53 5.5.1 Linear velocity components 53 5.5.2 Angular velocity components 54 5.5.3 Forces 54 5.5.4 Moments 56 5.5.5 Groupings 56 6 Forces and Moments 59 6.1 General 59 6.1.1 Assumptions 59 6.1.2 State variables 60 6.1.3 State rates 60 6.1.4 Flight controls 60 6.1.5 Independent…