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Flight stability and automatic control / Robert C. Nelson.

By: Nelson, Robert C, 1942-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : WCB/McGraw Hill, c1998. Edition: 2nd edISBN: 9780071158381; 0071158383; 0070462739Subject(s): Stability of airplanes | Airplanes -- Control systems | Airplanes -- Automatic controlDDC classification: 629.13236 LOC classification: TL574.S7
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Static Stability and Control -- 3. Aircraft Equations of Motion -- 4. Longitudinal Motion (Stick Fixed) -- 5. Lateral Motion (Stick Fixed) -- 6. Aircraft Response to Control or Atmospheric Inputs -- 7. Automatic Control Theory - The Classical Approach -- 8. Application of Classical Control Theory to Aircraft Autopilot Design -- 9. Modern Control Theory -- 10. Application of Modern Control Theory to Aircraft Autopilot Design -- App. A. Atmospheric Tables (ICAO Standard Atmosphere) -- App. B. Geometric, Mass, and Aerodynamic Characteristics of Selected Airplanes -- App. C. Mathematical Review of Laplace Transforms and Matrix Algebra -- App. D. Review of Control System Analysis Techniques.
Summary: The Second Edition of Flight Stability and Automatic Control presents an integrated treatment of aircraft stability, flight control, and autopilot design. Presented at an accessible mathematical level, this text features standard terminology and nomenclature.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Static Stability and Control -- 3. Aircraft Equations of Motion -- 4. Longitudinal Motion (Stick Fixed) -- 5. Lateral Motion (Stick Fixed) -- 6. Aircraft Response to Control or Atmospheric Inputs -- 7. Automatic Control Theory - The Classical Approach -- 8. Application of Classical Control Theory to Aircraft Autopilot Design -- 9. Modern Control Theory -- 10. Application of Modern Control Theory to Aircraft Autopilot Design -- App. A. Atmospheric Tables (ICAO Standard Atmosphere) -- App. B. Geometric, Mass, and Aerodynamic Characteristics of Selected Airplanes -- App. C. Mathematical Review of Laplace Transforms and Matrix Algebra -- App. D. Review of Control System Analysis Techniques.

The Second Edition of Flight Stability and Automatic Control presents an integrated treatment of aircraft stability, flight control, and autopilot design. Presented at an accessible mathematical level, this text features standard terminology and nomenclature.

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