MAE 5421 - Digital Control of Mechanical and Aerospace Systems

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

A laboratory-based course addressing the feedback control of aerospace vehicles, with special focus on the fact that the control systems will be implemented digitally. Z-domain systems analysis, discrete loop-shaping synthesis techniques; sample-rate selection; quantization effects. Real-time code generation and implementation. Hardware-in-the-loop testing and validation. Aircraft and missile stability augmentation and autopilots, spacecraft attitude control, and control of flexible systems. Prer., MAE 4421 or ECE 4510.