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Modeling and Control for a Blended Wing Body Aircraft

A Case Study

  • Comparison of numerous control concepts for the same application provides a broad overview and helps control engineers to choose appropriate design concepts for their control problems
  • The extensive treatment of a large, complex, parameter-dependent industrial control problem provides a useful case study and highlights relevant design issues valid for engineers in many modeling and control disciplines and applications
  • The presentation of the complete BWB aircraft modeling and control design process with the most recent tools and techniques provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the range of involved tasks to extend the aerospace and control engineers' experience
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Industrial Control (AIC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Overview and Motivation

    • M. Kozek, A. Schirrer, B. Mohr, D. Paulus, T. Salmon, M. Hornung et al.
    Pages 1-25
  3. Aircraft Design and Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
    2. Conceptual Design

      • H. Baier, M. Hornung, B. Mohr, D. Paulus, Ö. Petersson, C. Rößler et al.
      Pages 29-45
    3. Numerical Simulation Model

      • F. Stroscher, A. Schirrer, M. Valášek, Z. Šika, T. Vampola, B. Paluch et al.
      Pages 47-104
    4. Reduced-Order Modeling

      • M. Valášek, Z. Šika, T. Vampola, S. Hecker
      Pages 105-127
  4. Control Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Control Goals

      • C. Westermayer, A. Schirrer
      Pages 131-146
    3. Feedback Control Designs

      • A. Schirrer, M. Kozek, F. Demourant, G. Ferreres
      Pages 147-226
    4. Feed-Forward Control Designs

      • T. Haniš, M. Hromčík, A. Schirrer, M. Kozek, C. Westermayer
      Pages 227-263
  5. Validation and Discussion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
    2. Validation, Discussion and Outlook

      • M. Kozek, A. Schirrer, F. Stroscher, M. Valášek, Z. Šika, T. Vampola et al.
      Pages 267-295
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 297-301

About this book

This book demonstrates the potential of the blended wing body (BWB) concept for significant improvement in both fuel efficiency and noise reduction and addresses the considerable challenges raised for control engineers because of characteristics like open-loop instability, large flexible structure, and slow control surfaces. This text describes state-of-the-art and novel modeling and control design approaches for the BWB aircraft under consideration. The expert contributors demonstrate how exceptional robust control performance can be achieved despite such stringent design constraints as guaranteed handling qualities, reduced vibration, and the minimization of the aircraft’s structural loads during maneuvers and caused by turbulence. As a result, this innovative approach allows the building of even lighter aircraft structures, and thus results in considerable efficiency improvements per passenger kilometer. The treatment of this large, complex, parameter-dependent industrial control problem highlights relevant design issues and provides a relevant case study for modeling and control engineers in many adjacent disciplines and applications.

Modeling and Control for a Blended Wing Body Aircraft presents research results in numeric modeling and control design for a large, flexible, civil BWB aircraft in the pre-design stage as developed within the EU FP7 research project ACFA 2020. It is a useful resource for aerospace and control engineers as it shows the complete BWB aircraft modeling and control design process, carried out with the most recent tools and techniques available.

presents research results in numeric modeling and control design for a large, flexible, civil BWB aircraft in the pre-design stage as developed within the EU FP7 research project ACFA 2020. It is a useful resource for aerospace and control engineers as it shows the complete BWB aircraft modeling and control design process, carried out with the most recent tools andtechniques available.

Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Martin Kozek, Alexander Schirrer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modeling and Control for a Blended Wing Body Aircraft

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study

  • Editors: Martin Kozek, Alexander Schirrer

  • Series Title: Advances in Industrial Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10792-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10791-2Published: 10 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34340-2Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10792-9Published: 27 October 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9491

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-1577

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 301

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 158 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Control and Systems Theory, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Simulation and Modeling

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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