Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90405017, 60736023, 60704014);in part by China Postdoctoral Funds (Grant No. 20060400415);in part by a Cheung Kong Professorship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
In this paper, a characteristic model based longitudinal control design for the trans-aerosphere vehicle X-34 in its transonic and hypersonic climbing phase is proposed. The design is based on the dynamic characterist...