Effects of airplane dynamics on airplane control problems

Fuzzy Logic Control of a Model Airplane

Common uses of fuzzy logic control today are found in relatively simple applications in products. These applications only scratch the surface of the potential of fuzzy logic control in complex mechatronic systems. In order to demonstrate the utility of fuzzy logic in complex device control, a fuzzy logic fly-by-wire system has been developed for a model airplane. The model airplane is a complex...

Fuzzy Expert System for Airplane Navigation Dynamics

Expert systems are computer programs that emulate the reasoning process of a human expert or perform in an expert manner in a domain for which no human expert exists. They typically reason with uncertain and imprecise information. In this paper, we present a fuzzy expert system for a airplane navigation fault diagnosis system making the use of fuzzy set theory to deal with uncertainty. The faul...

Airplane Speed Control: A Fuzzy Logic Approach

Air traffic management is a complex system that includes aircrafts, crew, air traffic controllers, automation, traffic rules and climatic conditions that can affect in decision making during the different flight phases (Callantine, 2004). The human factor is the most relevant aspect in this management process, involving controllers working under severe stress and an increasing flow of aircrafts...

Electronic Distribution of Airplane Software and the Impact of Information Security on Airplane Safety

The general trend towards ubiquitous networking has reached the realm of airplanes. E-enabled airplanes with wired and wireless network interfaces offer a wide spectrum of network applications, in particular electronic distribution of software (EDS), and onboard collection and off-board retrieval of airplane health reports. On the other hand, airplane safety may be heavily dependent on the secu...

Airplane descent headaches.