This paper considers the control of the longitudinal flight dynamics of an F-16 aircraft. The primary design objective is model-following of the pitch rate q, which is the preferred system for aircraft approach and landing. Regulation of the aircraft velocity V (or the Mach-hold autopilot) is also considered, but as a secondary objective. The problem is challenging because the system is nonline...

Aiming at the conversion process of thrust vectoring vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft with a symmetrical structure in transition stage landing, there is problem coupling redundancy control quantities. To solve this problem, corresponding inner loop stabilization controller distribution strategy are designed. In paper, dynamic system model established. Based on outer adopting...

In this paper we consider the problem of scheduling aircraft (plane) landings at an airport. This problem is one of deciding a landing time for each plane such that each plane lands within a predetermined time window and separation criteria between the landing of a plane, and the landing of all successive planes, are respected. We present a mixed-integer zero-one formulation of the problem for ...

A concept of the perch landing assisted by thruster (PLAT) for a fixed wind aircraft is proposed in this paper. The proposed concept is applicable to relatively large unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), hence can overcome the limitation of existing perch landing technologies. A planar rigid body motion of an aircraft with aerodynamic and thruster forces and moments is modeled. An optimal control pr...

Evolutionary approaches are not usually considered for real time scheduling problems due to long computation times and uncertainty about the length of the computation time. We argue that for some kinds of problems, such as optimizing aircraft landing times, genetic algorithms have advantages over other methods as a best solution is always available when needed, and, since the computation is inh...

| Evolutionary approaches are not usually considered for real time scheduling problems due to long computation times and uncertainty about the length of the computation time. We argue that for some kinds of problems, such as optimizing aircraft landing times, genetic algorithms have advantages over other methods as a best solution is always available when needed, and, since the computation is i...

Managing operations of the aircraft approach process and analyzing runway landing capacity, utilization and related risks require detailed insight into the stochastic characteristics of the process. These characteristics can be represented by probability distributions. The focus of this study is analyzing landings on a runway operating independent of other runways making it as a single runway. ...

Considerable progress has been made over the last 15 years on building adaptive control systems to assist pilots in flying damaged aircraft. Once a pilot has regained control of a damaged aircraft, the next problem is to determine the best site for an emergency landing. In general, the decision depends on many factors including the actual control envelope of the aircraft, distance to the site, ...

Considerable progress has been made over the last 15 years on building adaptive control systems to assist pilots in flying damaged aircraft. Once a pilot has regained control of a damaged aircraft, the next problem is to determine the best site for an emergency landing. In general, the decision depends on many factors including the actual control envelope of the aircraft, distance to the site, ...