This paper presents an intelligent control scheme that uses a cerebellar model articulation controller (CMAC) and genetic algorithms (GA) in aircraft automatic landing control and to make automatic landing systems (ALS) more intelligent. The proposed intelligent controller can act as an experienced pilot and guide the aircraft to a safe landing in severe turbulence environment. Current flight c...

The tiltrotor aircraft consists of three primary flight modes, which are helicopter mode in low forward speed flight, airplane high and conversion mode. This paper presents an active disturbance rejection controller for flight. First, a dynamics model is developed verified. Then, control laws, designed via the (ADRC) sliding (SMC) techniques, proposed with uncertainties external disturbance, es...

The engine control system for civil transport aircraft imposes operational limits on the propulsion system to ensure compliance with safety standards. However, during certain emergency situations, aircraft survivability may benefit from engine performance beyond its normal limits despite the increased risk of failure. Accordingly, control modes were developed to improve the maximum thrust outpu...

In view of the ever-increasing air traffic, much attention in air traffic management research has been given to improving arrival and departure efficiency. As air traffic begins and ends at the airport, the issues of taxi delays and ground incursions are becoming more evident. This paper considers the surface-traffic problem at major airports and envisions a collaborative traffic and aircraft c...

The control augmentation systems are very important to keep the stability and manipulability in the flight control systems. The general flight control laws are designed by static designs and dynamic fits. To improve the adaptive capability, a new method of control laws design was introduced by using dynamic optimization genetic algorithms. The control parameters were adjusted online in the flig...

This paper investigates the possibility that an adaptive feedback controller can be designed and implemented for the suppression of aircraft’s structural vibration in the presence of any aeroelastic/aeroservoelastic interaction, instead of using the non-adaptive notching filters. Currently aircraft with non-adaptive control laws usually include roll-off or notch filters to avoid AE/ASE interact...

An approach toward the automated solution of aircraft trajectory optimization problems is introduced and implemented in an interactive program called visual interactive aircraft trajectory optimization (VIATO). This MS Windowscompatible software produces minimum time trajectories to a fixed or moving target. It is easy to use by nonexperts as no previous knowledge of the methods of optimal cont...

Adaptive control has the potential to improve performance and reliability in aircraft. Implementation of adaptive control on commercial and military aircraft requires verification and validation of the control system’s robustness to modeling error, uncertainty, and time delay. Currently, there is a lack of tools available to rigorously analyze the robustness of adaptive controllers due to their...

A concept formulation study of the control aspects of the fourth generation air traffic control system is presented. The results of this study are not strongly influenced by pre sent-day equipment. They are influenced by certain aspects of present airspace utilization and procedures which appear necessary for the design of an effective sYstem. The inputs to the control system design ticlude the...

Next Generation Air Traac Management will allow for the possibility of free ight, in which each aircraft chooses its own optimal route, altitude and speed. In a free ight environment, the trajectories of several aircraft may be connicting, in which case aircraft may or may not cooperate in resolving the connict. This paper presents a method for noncooperative connict resolution in which each ai...