Advances in Dynamics and Control
Nonlinear phenomena in aviation and aerospace have stimulated cooperation among engineers and scientists from a range of disciplines. Developments in computer technology have allowed for solutions of nonlinear problems, while industrial recognition of the use and applications of nonlinear mathematical models in solving technological problems is increasing.
Advances in Dynamics and Control comprises research papers contributed by expert authors in dynamics and control and is dedicated to Professor A.V. Balakrishnan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA in recognition of his significant contribution to this field of research.
Professor A.V. Balakrishnan earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University
of Southern California in 1954. Professor Balakrishnan has been with the University of California, Los Angeles as a professor of engineering since 1962 and a professor of mathematics since 1965. He was chair of the Department of System Science in the School of Engineering from 1969–1975. Since 1985, he has served as the director of the NASA– UCLA Flight Systems Research Center. He was chairman of the Technical Committee on System Modelling and Optimization, International Federation of Information Processing, 1970–1980, and is currently the president of the Com Con Conference Board. He has received honors and awards including: Fellow IEEE (1966), Silver Core IFIP (1977), the Guillemin Prize (1980), the NASA Public Service Medal (1996), and the AACC Richard
E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (2001).
The work of Professor A.V. Balakrishnan has been an inspiration for generations of engineers and applied mathematicians. During more than 40 years of his outstanding scientific career, he has made significant contributions to the analysis and design of control systems. His contributions range from the theory of optimal control (in the 1960s, he developed a celebrated method — the epsilon technique — for the computation of optimal controls for distributed parameter systems) to filtering and identification theory, to a number of difficult engineering applications that include the control of aircraft under wing turbulence, the control of flexible structures in space, and the aeroelastic modeling of aircraft wings. Professor Balakrishnan has demonstrated the ability to master difficult engineering
problems in a rigorous mathematical way and has produced effective engineering solutions.
Advances in Dynamics and Control explores many new ideas, results, and directions in the rapidly growing field of aviation and aerospace. It encompasses a wide range of topics including rotorcraft dynamics, stabilization of unstable aircraft, spacecraft and satellite dynamics and control, missile auto-pilot and guidance design, hybrid systems dynamics and control, and structural and acoustic modeling.
The contributors to Advances in Dynamics and Control are to be highly ommended
for their excellent chapters. The volume will provide a useful source of reference for graduate and postgraduate students, and researchers working in areas of applied engineering and applied mathematics, in university and in industry.
S. Sivasundaram
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