Flight dynamics and system identification for modern feedback control : avian-inspired robots /

This title covers flapping-wing aircraft and flight dynamics and nonlinear, multibody modelling as well as flight testing and instrumentation, system identification from flight test data, and feedback control and linearization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grauer, Jared A.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Hubbard, James E., Jr. (James Edward), 1951-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Pub., 2013.
Series:	Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering.
Subjects:	Aeronautics. Vehicles, Remotely piloted. Aéronautique. Véhicules télécommandés. aviation. aeronautics. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General) Vehicles, Remotely piloted Aeronautics Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Ornithopter test platform characterizations
3. Rigid multibody vehicle dynamics
4. System identification of aerodynamic models
5. Simulation results
6. Concluding remarks.