Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles / Edition 2

by John H. Blakelock

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471506515
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/03/1991
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.67(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

John H. Blakelock is the author of Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Longitudinal 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.

Editorial Reviews

Text for senior-year undergraduates, postgraduates, and professionals treats the entire subject of automatic control of aircraft and missiles. This second edition corrects the errors found in the first edition (1965) and adds four new chapters and four new appendices, as well as other expansions and updatings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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