DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR MULTIVARIABLE FLIGHT CONTROL

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIVARIABLE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS. SCT PROPOSES THE USE OF STRUCTURED SINGULAR VALUE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO OBTAIN EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIVARIABLE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS. STRUCTURED SINGULAR VALUE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES ARE THE MOST PROMISING TOOLS FOR MULTIVARIABLE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM EVALUATION BECAUSE BOTH STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES CAN BE ADDRESSED. STRUCTURED SINGULAR VALUE ANALYSIS REQUIRES SPECIFICATION OF A BLOCK DIAGRAM STRUCTURE WHEREIN EACH EVALUATION GUIDELINE IS REPRESENTED BY A WEIGHTING FILTER. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I EFFORT WILL BE TO CONSTRUCT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS BLOCK STRUTURE FOR A SELECTED CONTROL TASK AND AIRCRAFT CLASSIFICATION. THE EVALUATION GUIDELINES INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS BLOCK STRUCTURE WILL BE COMPILED FROM MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS, CONTROL THEORY LITERATURE, AND DOCUMENTED FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN STUDIES.