• DocumentCode
    796857
  • Title

    Pitch control of a flexible launch vehicle

  • Author

    Jenkins, K.W. ; Roy, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Valley Forge, PA, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1968
  • fDate
    4/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    A computationally efficient method of incorporating nonzero mean disturbances in linear discrete optimal regulator problems is combined with a least-squares method of parameter estimation to obtain an adaptive controller technique. This technique is successfully applied to the design of a pitch control system of a large flexible launch vehicle of the Saturn class.
  • Keywords
    Space-vehicle control; Space-vehicle launching; Control systems; Costs; Displays; Estimation error; Extraterrestrial measurements; Feedback control; Linear systems; Optimal control; Space vehicles; Stochastic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1968.1098844
  • Filename
    1098844
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=796857