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McRuer, Duane Torrance was born on October 25, 1925 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of John Torrance and Ruth Inez (Bartlett) McRuer.
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If you have the desire to learn about the scary world of nonlinearities in feedback control systems, Graham and McRuer will hold your hand through the mire. Their classical approach gives you the ability to relate complex nonlinear behavior to familiar linear constructs. The phase plane and describing function techniques are described in detail. Perhaps even more useful than accurate analysis is the authors personal commentary spread throughout the book, which is based on years of practicing experience. If you read and understand this book, you will have insight into nonlinear control elements, and work even harder to avoid them.
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Aeronautical engineers concerned with the analysis of aircraft dynamics and the synthesis of aircraft flight control systems will find an indispensable tool in this analytical treatment of the subject. Approaching these two fields with the conviction that an understanding of either one can illuminate the other, the authors have summarized selected, interconnected techniques that facilitate a high level of insight into the essence of complex systems problems. These techniques are suitable for establishing nominal system designs, for forecasting off-nominal problems, and for diagnosing the root causes of problems that almost inevitably occur in the design process. A complete and self-contained work, the text discusses the early history of aircraft dynamics and control, mathematical models of linear system elements, feedback system analysis, vehicle equations of motion, longitudinal and lateral dynamics, and elementary longitudinal and lateral feedback control. The discussion concludes with such topics as the system design process, inputs and system performance assessment, and multi-loop flight control systems. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Aerospace engineering executive
McRuer, Duane Torrance was born on October 25, 1925 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of John Torrance and Ruth Inez (Bartlett) McRuer.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1945. Master of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1948.
Technology chief, flight controls Northrop Aircraft Inc., Hawthorne, California, 1948-1954. President Controls Specialists Inc., Inglewood, 1954-1957. President, technical director Systems Technology Inc., Hawthorne, 1957-1992, chairman, from 1992.
Regents lecturer University California, Santa Barbara, 1976. Hunsaker professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992-1993. Member National Research Council Aeronautical and Space Engineering Board, Washington, 1987-1995, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council, since 1990, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aeronautical Advisory Committee, Washington, 1978-1988, American Automatic Control Council (president 1969-1973).
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Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1953. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Mechanics and Control of Flight award 1970), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Society Automotive Engineers, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (A.W. Williams award 1976), Caltech Associates, American Alpine Club (New York City), Sierra Club.
Married Betty June Mechura, October 5, 1955. 1 child, Lara McRuer. 1 stepson, Stephen Harsey.