Ferreres G. A Practical Approach to Robustness Analysis with Aeronautical Applications

Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 2002, 205 p. — ISBN10: 0306462834, ISBN13: 9780306462832.The purpose of A Practical Approach to Robustness Analysis with Aeronautical Applications is twofold. First, it is to introduce as clearly as possible the mu framework, while the second is to emphasize its practical usefulness. To this aim, classical and advanced mu tools are first presented, then applied to a range of engineering problems, namely a missile, a large rigid or flexible transport aircraft and a highly flexible telescope mock-up.Preliminaries
Introduction to mu and lfts
Applicative examplesComputation of a standard lft structure
Realization of uncertain systems under an lft form
ApplicationsMu applications
Computation of mu bounds
Applications of the mu toolsSkewed mu applications
Skewed mu problems in robustness analysis
Computation of skewed mu bounds
Application of the skewed mu toolsNonstandard mu applications
Robustness analysis of flexible structures
Robustness analysis in the presence of time delays
Nonlinear analysis in the presence of parametric uncertaintiesAppendices