23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-5.3.1

FEEDBACK STABILISED BIFURCATION TAILORING APPLIED TO AIRCRAFT MODELS

G. A. Charles, M. H. Lowenberg, X. F. Wang, D. P. Stoten, M. Di Bernardo
University of Bristol, UK

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation diagram, feedback control

Bifurcation tailoring is a novel control technique where parameters in addition to the bifurcation parameter are varied in order to change the bifurcation diagram of a system to some given desired one. The addition of a feedback control loop addresses stability and robustness issues. Examples are given applied to 2nd order flight dynamics.

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