Book Description

These Conference Proceedings contain the 19 papers presented at the AGARD Propulsion and Energetics Panel 54th(A) Specialists' Meeting on 'Advanced Control Systems for Aircraft Powerplants' which was held in Cologne, Germany, on 1-2 October 1979. The questions and answers after the presentation of each paper as well as the Round Table Discussion at the end of the meeting are included. The Meeting was in five sessions: Development Experience, Control Implementation, Optimum Control Strategies, Digital Control Concepts, and the Round Table Discussion. The meeting was focussed on current and projected developments in control systems for aircraft powerplants. The application of digital control technology on aircraft turbine engines was especially emphasized. The meeting served as a platform for discussion and exchange between research scientists, development specialists and applicants of control systems. Whether the meeting achieved its initial aim of furnishing a comprehensive control system technology survey will be assessed in a Technical Evaluation Report to be published as AGARD Advisory Report AR 152.