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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100471506516

ISBN-139780471506515

eBay Product ID (ePID)649108

Product Key Features

Number of Pages672 Pages

Publication NameAutomatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMilitary Science, Aviation / General, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Publication Year1991

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn H. Blakelock

Subject AreaTransportation, Technology & Engineering

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight36.8 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN90-012393

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal629.1326

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentLongitudinal Dynamics. Longitudinal Autopilots. Lateral Dynamics. Lateral Autopilots. Inertial Cross-Coupling. Self-Adaptive Autopilots. Missile Control Systems. Guidance Systems. Integrated Flight/Fire Control System. Multivariable Control Systems. Structural Flexibility. Application of Statistical Design Principles. Pilot Modeling. Appendices. Index.

SynopsisThis is a revised edition of a standard reference book for aerospace and mechanical engineers, covering the fundamentals of aircraft and missile dynamics, autopilot controls, guidance systems, integrated flight/fibre control systems, multivariate control systems and structural flexibility. It includes methods of robust control and new applications of root locus analysis that have been developed in recent years. It also covers new information about the guidance systems of the three major types of missiles and movement of their control surfaces., This Second Edition continues the fine tradition of its predecessor by exploring the various automatic control systems in aircraft and on board missiles. Considerably expanded and updated, it now includes new or additional material on: the effectiveness of beta-beta feedback as a method of obtaining coordination during turns using the F-15 as the aircraft model; the root locus analysis of a generic acceleration autopilot used in many air-to-air and surface-to-air guided missiles; the guidance systems of the AIM-9L Sidewinder as well as bank-to-turn missiles; various types of guidance, including proportional navigation and line-of-sight and lead-angle command guidance; the coupling of the output of a director fire control system into the autopilot; the analysis of multivariable control systems; and methods for modeling the human pilot, plus the integration of the human pilot into an aircraft flight control system. Also features many new additions to the appendices., This Second Edition continues the fine tradition of its predecessor by exploring the various automatic control systems in aircraft and on board missiles.

LC Classification NumberTL589.4.B55 1991