COURSE OUTLINE: 8 lectures (2 hrs each)

Lecture 1A & 1B. Introduction to Flight Control Systems (FCS) (4 hours total)

· FCS Overview

· Nomenclature of Flight Dynamics

· FCS Example: Boeing 737 Max MCAS

· Hypersonic Vehicle Guidance and Control Overview

Lecture 2. 6-DOF Equations of Motion of Flight Vehicles

· Static Stability and Control

· Crosswind Landings and Coordinated Turns: Static Analysis

· 6-DOF Flight Vehicle Dynamics Modeling

· Small Perturbations from Trim Condition

Lecture 3. Longitudinal Dynamics and Control

· Longitudinal State-Space Models: dx/dt = Ax + Bu

(Navion, Boeing 747, F-104, F-16)

· Short-Period and Long-Period (Phugoid) Modes

· Steady Pull-Up Maneuvers

· Longitudinal Control Analysis and Design

· ILS Landing: Glide-Slope Tracking Control

Lecture 4. Lateral-Directional Dynamics and Control

· Lateral-Directional State-Space Models: dx/dt = Ax + Bu (Navion, Boeing 747, F-104, F-16) 

· High-AOA flight dynamics; LCDP; velocity vector roll; nonlinear dynamic inversion; Herbst maneuver

· Dutch-Roll, Roll-Rate, Spiral Modes

· Coordinated Circling Turn Maneuvers

· Lateral-Directional Control Analysis and Design

· ILS Landing: VOR/LOC Tracking Control

Lecture 5. Missile Guidance Principles

· Introduction to Missile Systems

· PN Guidance and Its variants

· Predictive/Explicit Guidance

· Optimal Feedback Guidance

· ZEM/ZEV Guidance and Its Variants

Lecture 6. Missile Flight Control Design

· Missile Flight Dynamics and Control (Case Study)

· Missile Guidance & Control Systems Overview (Literature Review)

· Ascent Flight Control of Launch Vehicles (Case Study)

· TVC Design of a Sounding Rockets (Case Study)

Lecture 7. Hypersonic Vehicle Guidance

· Historical Overview of Hypersonic Vehicles

· Hypersonic Mars-Entry Guidance (Case Study)

· Apollo 10 Hypersonic Reentry Guidance (Case Study)

· CAV Hypersonic Glide vehicle Guidance (Case Study)

Lecture 8. Flight Dynamics and Control of Hypersonic Vehicles

· Historical Overview of Hypersonic Flight Dynamics and Control

· State-Space Models: dx/dt = Ax + Bu (X-15, X-30, X-43, etc.)

· Flight Control System Examples of Hypersonic Vehicles

INSTRUCTOR

• Fundamentals of Classical Astrodynamics and Applications
• Fundamentals of Space Vehicle Guidance, Control and Astrodynamics
• Flight Vehicle GN&C Systems: Analysis and Design
  
  

CLASSROOM HOURS / CEUs: 18 classroom hours, 1.8 CEU/PDH