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1) What exactly is the definition of a control law and what is the difference between control laws and controllers in the context of aerospace vehicles ?
2) Is the use of the term flight control law specific only to aircraft (fixed wing & rotorcraft) and UAVs, for in my experience the term is not actively used in the context of Launch Vehicles or spacecraft ?
(examples of FCLAW's: images 1 and 2) [1]
A few questions regarding the control laws of combat aircraft -
3) The Eurofighter(EF 2000) seems to use an interesting control structure - the Differential PI Algorithm, which is also a controller that is being actively used by the naval version of the Indian LCA. My question is, as the controller seems to be quite advantageous, why has'nt the Differential PI structure been used in other flight controllers ? [2](refer to image 3)
4) The testing of combat flight control laws has made use of test aircraft for in-flight simulation, for example the use of the F-16 VISTA (now X-62 VISTA) to test flight control laws of the Indian LCA. How does this work ? How is useful information to validate & certify the control laws of one aircraft obtained from the flight performance and input responses using these same control laws but on another aircraft ? (refer: VISTA.pdf)
Note: This is not exclusive to aircraft as such, the control laws for the SLS have also been tested on an F/A 18 Hornet.[3]
References:
[1] Balas, Gary J.,"Flight Control Law Design - An industyr perspective", European Journal of Control, Vol. 9, Issues 2–3, 2003,
[2] Osterhuber, R., et.al."Realization of the Eurofighter 2000 Primary Lateral/Directional Flight Control Laws with Differential PI Algorithm", AIAA GNC Conference and Exhibit 16 - 19 August 2004, Providence, Rhode Island
[3] "Flight Testing of the Space Launch System (SLS) Adaptive Augmenting Control (AAC) Algorithm on an F/A-18", NASA/TM-2014-218528
Hello everyone,
I want to learn performing Structural Analysis for rotorcrafts and looking for some instructions on how to plot V-n Diagram and perform Loading Analysis, Stress Analysis, Damage Analysis, Fatigue etc..
Some references like AMCP 706-202 helped me out but I'm still looking for some more help.
And how can I get "ADS-29, Structural Design Criteria for Rotary Wing Aircraft"? Will it help?
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