TABLE OF CONTENTS Some of the major symbols referred to in this book are given below; others are defined in the text as needed. In general, a matrix or row vector is represented by a bold, upper case letter whereas a bold, lower case letter is indicative of a column vector.
| A | = plant dynamics matrix in body-fixed coordinates |
| A e( k) | = aerodynamic influence coefficient matrix |
| A j | = coefficient matrices of aerodynamic approximation, j = 0, 1 |
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| = plant dynamics matrix in inertial frame of reference |
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| = solution to aerodynamic approximations A j |
| B | = control influence matrix in body-fixed coordinates |
| | = control influence matrix in inertial frame of reference |
| C | = output state matrix in body-fixed coordinates |
| C c | = Coriolis acceleration matrix |
| C d | = elastic damping matrix |
| ? | = generalized damping matrix |
| c | = mean aerodynamic chord |
| D | = output control matrix in body-fixed coordinates |
| D E | = elastic stress strain relation matrix in structural analysis; also D |
| f | = fluid flux vector |
| E | = Young's modulus |
| G | = feedback controller matrix |
| g | = aeroelastic or structural damping |
| H | = open-loop transfer function matrix of plant and all analog elements |
| ? | = closed-loop transfer function matrix |
| H* | = hybrid loop gain matrix |
| I | = identity matrix |
| Im | = imaginary part |
| i * | = ??1, imaginary number |
| K | = elastic stiffness matrix |
| K G | = geometric stiffness matrix |
| K ? | = centripetal acceleration matrix |
| | = generalized stiffness matrix |
| K 2 | = dynamic... |
