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Prediction of pilot-aircraft stability boundaries and performance contours
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stengel, R. F. Broussard, J. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1977 |
| Description | Control-theoretic pilot models can provide important new insights regarding the stability and performance characteristics of the pilot-aircraft system. Optimal-control pilot models can be formed for a wide range of flight conditions, suggesting that the human pilot can maintain stability if he adapts his control strategy to the aircraft's changing dynamics. Of particular concern is the effect of sub-optimal pilot adaptation as an aircraft transitions from low to high angle-of-attack during rapid maneuvering, as the changes in aircraft stability and control response can be extreme. This paper examines the effects of optimal and sub-optimal effort during a typical 'high-g' maneuver, and it introduces the concept of minimum-control effort (MCE) adaptation. Limited experimental results tend to support the MCE adaptation concept. |
| File Size | 475009 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790009336 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8rc1v71z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Aircraft Stability Pilot Performance Dynamic Stability Performance Prediction Control Theory Man Machine Systems Adaptive Control Optimization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
