Automatic Flight Control Systems

E-Book Overview

This book provides readers with a design approach to the automatic flight control systems (AFCS). The AFCS is the primary on-board tool for long flight operations, and is the foundation for the airspace modernization initiatives. In this text, AFCS and autopilot are employed interchangeably. It presents fundamentals of AFCS/autopilot, including primary subsystems, dynamic modeling, AFCS categories/functions/modes, servos/actuators, measurement devices, requirements, functional block diagrams, design techniques, and control laws. The book consists of six chapters. The first two chapters cover the fundamentals of AFCS and closed-loop control systems in manned and unmanned aircraft. The last four chapters present features of Attitude control systems (Hold functions), Flight path control systems (Navigation functions), Stability augmentation systems, and Command augmentation systems, respectively.

E-Book Information

  • Series: Synthesis Lectures on Mechanical Engineering

  • Year: 2,020

  • Pages: xiv+159

  • Pages In File: 174

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 220

  • Identifier: 1681737302,9781681737300

  • Org File Size: 39,282,949

  • Extension: pdf

  • Toc: Preface Fundamentals of Automatic Flight Control Systems Introduction Elements of an AFCS Relations Between AFCS and Human Pilot Primary Subsystems of an AFCS Autonomy Classification Flight Dynamics Dynamics Modeling Flight Fundamental Governing Equations Nonlinear Fully Coupled Equations of Motion Linear Decoupled Equations of Motion AFCS Categories and Modes Stability Augmentation Systems Attitude Control Systems (Hold Functions) Flight Path Control Systems (Navigation Functions) Command Augmentation Systems Mode Control Panel Examples Flying Qualities Fundamentals Classes, Categories, and Acceptability Levels Questions Closed-Loop Control Systems Introduction Fundamentals of Control Systems Definitions and Elements Control Laws Controller Configurations and Control Architectures Flight Control Modes Sensors Servo/Actuator Terminology Electric Motor Hydraulic Actuator Delay Saturation Flight Control Requirements Longitudinal Control Requirements Roll Control Requirements Directional Control Requirements Control Laws PID Controller Optimal Control – Linear Quadratic Regulator Gain Scheduling Robust Control Digital Control Control System Design Process Questions Attitude Control Systems Introduction Cruising Flight Requirements Pitch Attitude Hold Altitude Hold Mach Hold Wing Leveler Turn Coordinator Governing Equations of a Coordinated Turn Block Diagram Aileron-to-Rudder Interconnect Heading Angle Hold Vertical Speed Hold Questions Flight Path Control Systems Introduction Landing Operation Procedures Approach Localizer Tracking Approach Glide Slope Tracking Automatic Flare Control Automatic Landing System VOR Tracking Automatic Flight Level Change Automatic Climb and Descent Terrain-Following Control System Heading Tracking System Tracking a Series of Waypoints Detect and Avoid System Questions

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