Guidance, navigation and control (abbreviated GNC, GN&C, or G&C) is a branch of engineering dealing with the design of systems to control the movement of vehicles, especially, automobiles, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. ... Therefore, systems—now almost exclusively digital electronic—are used for such control....
Guidance, navigation and control (abbreviated GNC, GN&C, or G&C) is a branch of engineering dealing with the design of systems to control the movement of vehicles, especially, automobiles, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. ... Therefore, systems—now almost exclusively digital electronic—are used for such control....
Foreword
6 pagesIntroduction
3 pagesPrinciples of Radars
14 pagesRadar Block Diagram and Operation
12 pagesDoppler Effect; CW Radars
14 pagesApplications; FM-CW Radars
13 pagesMTI and Pulse Doppler Radars
13 pagesIntroduction; Classification; Description
18 pagesGuidance Phases; Categories; Useful Concepts
12 pagesClassification; Classical Guidance Laws
10 pagesModern Guidance Laws
9 pagesIntroduction; Types of Navigation; LORAN System
12 pagesDECCA; OMEGA; VOR; INS; Integrated Systems
10 pagesBasic Definitions; Open Loop and Closed Loop Systems
6 pagesLinearity; Causality
8 pagesLaplace Transforms
7 pagesInput-Output Description; Performance Criteria
8 pagesTransfer Function; Initial and Final Value Theorem; Partial Fraction Expansion
11 pagesTime Response; First Order Systems
8 pagesSecond Order Systems
8 pagesPerformance of Second Order Systems
11 pagesHigher Order Systems; Block Diagram Algebra
11 pagesStability; Hurwitz Determinants; Routh-Hurwitz Criterion
8 pagesSpecial Cases and Applications of Routh-Hurwitz Criterion
10 pagesFeedback Control; P-Control
9 pagesSteady State Error; Disturbance Signals
8 pagesRoot Locus; Evan s Form
7 pagesComplex Variables; Angle Criterion
6 pagesSteps to Obtain Root Locus
10 pagesRoot Locus Example
6 pagesController Design using Root Locus; PD-Control; Lead Control
11 pagesPI-Control; Lag Control; Aircraft Example
8 pagesCompensator Design using Root Locus
8 pagesResponse to Sinusoidal Input; Frequency Response Plots
7 pagesBode Plots of Simple Functions
4 pagesBode Plots of Complex Functions
5 pagesNyquist Plots
8 pagesApplications of Nyquist Plots
11 pagesGain and Phase Margins
5 pagesState Equations; State Transition Matrix and Equations
11 pagesRelation with Transfer Functions; Controllability and Observability
10 pages