• DocumentCode
    274749
  • Title

    MATLAB toolbox for handling qualities assessment of flight control laws

  • Author

    Howitt, J.

  • Author_Institution
    R. Aerosp. Establ., Bedford, UK
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    25-28 Mar 1991
  • Firstpage
    1251
  • Abstract
    The handling characteristics of an aircraft are fundamentally linked to the selection of parameters in stability and command augmentation systems, and to meet rigorous new military specifications, it is necessary to fully integrate handling requirements into the complete control law design and analysis cycle. This paper describes a MATLAB Handling Qualities Toolbox that has been developed as a supplement to existing CACSD packages in order to reinforce such a design philosophy. It is demonstrated how the toolbox can be used to guide selection of control law parameters to meet level 1 performance requirements and also how an increased understanding of the handling requirements can reduce development time and improve simulation and flight test efficiency
  • Keywords
    aerospace computing; control system CAD; control system analysis computing; software packages; CACSD packages; MATLAB Handling Qualities Toolbox; control law design; development time; flight control laws; flight test efficiency; handling qualities assessment; military specifications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Control 1991. Control '91., International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-509-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    98630