Regulation of relaxed static stability aircraft

The authors formulate and solve a regulator problem for nonlinear parameter-dependent dynamics. It is shown that the problem is solvable except at parameter values associated with bifurcation of the equilibrium equations and that such bifurcations are inherently linked to the system zero dynamics. These results are applied to the study of the regulation of the longitudinal dynamics of aircraft. It is shown how bifurcation points arise in these problems and why they affect solvability of the regulator problem. The relationships between bifurcation, system zeros, and dynamic and static stability are illustrated. >

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