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Model Predictive Control for Gust Load Alleviation

Timm Faulwasser, Michael Köpf

For economical and ecological reasons aircraft are required to become more efficient by reducing fuel consumption and CO

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emissions. One way to achieve these objectives is to decrease the weight of the aircraft structure. The reduction is, however, limi ...

2012