MEEN 457B Flight Vehicle Stability/Contr
457. FLIGHT VEHICLE STABILITY AND
CONTROLS (Credit, 3 hours). Airplane maneuvering
is accomplished by changing forces and
moments produced by wings and horizontal and
vertical tail sections. Control of flight vehicles
therefore becomes very challenging for the designers
and pilots as well. MEEN 457 teaches students
the fundamentals of aerospace feedback control
theory, integration of airplane stability matrices
and analysis of nonlinear equations of motion, trajectory
analysis under various initial conditions,
and modes of instability encountered during such
motion. Prerequisites: MEEN 271 and 374.