Computation of controllability regions for unstable aircraft dynamics.

This output describes an approach based on geometrical and optimisation principles that resulted in efficient software tools for computation of null controllability region of unstable dynamical systems. The software toolset, “Stabcalcs” has been created and tested on several flight dynamics applications and delivered to DERA/QinetiQ Ltd. within Computational Framework for flight clearance applications (in 2002-2003, DERA/QinetiQ Ltd Technical Manager Yoge Patel, yoge@bbsr.co.uk). The research was sponsored by QinetiQ Ltd.

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