AA516 - Stability and Control of Flight Vehicles
Autumn 2008
University of Washington

Instructor: Christopher Lum TA: TBD
Email: lum@u.washington.edu Email: TBD
Phone: (206) 543-7748 Phone: TBD
Office: AERB 117 Office: TBD
Office Hr: M 2:30 - 4:00
W 12:00 - 1:30
F 1:00 - 2:30
Open door, by appointment
Office Hr: TBD
 
Meeting Times and Location
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:30 - 11:20am, Lowe216 (map)
 
Course Catalog Description
Static and dynamic stability and control of flight vehicle in the atmosphere. Aerodynamics for stability derivatives. Response to control inputs and external disturbances. Effect of stability derivatives on flight characteristics. Handling qualities. Introduction to automatic control.

Prerequisite: Engineering Statics, Dynamics, Basic Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations.
 
Textbook
Aircraft Control and Simulation 2nd Edition by Brian L. Stevens and Frank L. Lewis

 

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