16.334: ADVANCED CONTROL OF FLIGHT VEHICLES

DESCRIPTION

Application of design techniques and principles to advanced control systems for air and space vehicles. Review of nondimensional equations of motion. Classical and modern control techniques applied to flight vehicle stabilization. Time and frequency domain analysis of control system performance. Models for pilot-in-the-loop control. Prediction and validation of vehicle handling qualities. Introduction to digital control techniques. Control system design to meet mission requirements, including robustness criteria. Adaptive control and display design. Alternate years.