Tewary A. Automatic Control of Atmospheric and Space Flight Vehicles: Design and Analysis with MatLAB and Simulink

Birkhäuser Boston, 2011. - 389 p. ISBN:0817648631.This book is primarily designed as a textbook for senior undergraduates as well as graduate students in aerospace engineering/aeronautics and astronautics departments. As an acquaintance with control theory is not necessary, the book can be used as a first course in flight control systems. However, a familiarity with the basic mathematical concepts of calculus, linear algebra, and Laplace transform is required. The contents have evolved from the lecture notes of several 3rd–4th year undergraduate, and graduate-level courses I have taught in my career. The material in the book has been especially selected to be useful in modern courses on flight control systems, where the artificial distinctions among aircraft, rockets, and spacecraft are removed. Suggestions for the usage of the material by course instructors is given later. The chapters and sections are designed to follow in a sequence such that their concepts evolve logically, and are introduced in an easy-toread manner, while retaining mathematical rigor.