In high-maneuvering missile systems, with severe restrictions on actuator energy requirements, it is desirable to achieve the required performance least actuation effort. Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) has been in literature for long and proven it’s mettle as an optimal controller many benign aerospace applications industrial where response times of plant, most cases, are seen be greater than...

A 48-year-old-woman was struck dead by lightning on October 24, 2010, in Pretoria, South Africa. The cause of death was due to direct lightning strike. Examination showed secondary missile injury on her legs. This secondary missile (shrapnel) injury was caused by the lightning striking the concrete pavement next to her. Small pieces of concrete were located embedded within the shrapnel wounds. ...