RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN NONLINEAR FLIGHT REGIMES

This paper summarizes the results of the three-year research project, Reconfigurable Control of Aircraft in Nonlinear Flight Regimes, sponsored by NASA Langley Research Center. The research results include: 1) Reconfigurable controller design based on multivariable regulator and 2 H control theory, 2) Cooperative control and failure accommodation, 3) Symbolic model construction of an F-16 aircraft, 4) Reconfigurable control for an F-16 aircraft with asymmetric failures, and 5) Bifurcation analysis of aircraft in nonlinear flight regimes.

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