Flight Dynamics

Flight dynamics is the branch of aerospace engineering that characterizes the motion, stability, and control of flight vehicles in response to aerodynamic, propulsive, and gravitational forces and control inputs.

17.9K

Publications

727.8K

Citations

27.4K

Authors

3.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4.9K

Parents

Aerospace Engineering

Children

Aircraft ControlAircraft StabilityAircraft TrimAtmospheric Disturbance ResponseEquations Of MotionFlight EnvelopeFlight PerformanceFlight SimulationHandling QualitiesLanding Dynamics

Publications

17.9K

Aircraft Control and Simulation

Brian Stevens, Frank L. Lewis · Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology · 2004 · 3.1K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +17

Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization

John T. Betts · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1998 · 2.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +14

Comments on the feasibility of LES for wings, and on a hybrid RANS/LES approach

Philippe R. Spalart · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1997 · 2.3K citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +9

Aerodynamic design via control theory

Antony Jameson · Journal of Scientific Computing · 1988 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +14

Direct trajectory optimization using nonlinear programming and collocation

C. HARGRAVES, Steve Paris · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1987 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Computational Engineering, Computational Mechanics +13

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Authors

27.4K

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Anthony Calise
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
110 publications · 6.1K citations
40
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QH
Qinglei Hu
Beihang University, China
54 publications · 3.3K citations
37
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Yuanqing Xia
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
47 publications · 4K citations
34
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YZ
Youmin Zhang
Concordia University, Canada
65 publications · 3.6K citations
34
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Min-Jea Tahk
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
64 publications · 4.4K citations
34
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Institutions

3.6K

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Venues

Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
1.6K publications · 92.5K citations
135
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
478 publications · 28K citations
87
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Aerospace Science and Technology
AST · 781 publications · 31.9K citations
76
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IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
178 publications · 16.4K citations
72
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Journal of Experimental Biology
91 publications · 10.6K citations
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See also Flight Dynamics
Core Methods	Robust Control Adaptive Control Computational Fluid Dynamics Optimal Control Model Reference Adaptive Control State-space Modeling Bilinear Interpolation Six-degree-of-freedom Equations
Stability Analysis	Bifurcation Analysis Stability Derivatives Gain Scheduling Dynamic Stability Analysis
Control Strategies	Cascade Control Pid Control Design Integral Windup Prevention
Applications	Flight Simulation Obstacle Avoidance Sense-and-avoid Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
Vehicle Regimes	Fixed-wing Aircraft Propulsion