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Chapter 16
Disturbance Rejection
for Airbreathing
Hypersonic Vehicles
16.1 Introduction
With the growing interest in developing new technologies in cost efficient space
access and speedy global reach, airbreathing hypersonic vehicle (AHV) technique has
become more and more significant [56, 57, 206]. The so-called scramjet propulsion
is usually employed by the AHV to execute its advantages, such as high speed, cost
efficient travel,and large payload[206]. Note thatsuch propulsion mechanismalways
brings special characteristics of the vehicle dynamics, such as strong nonlinear cross
couplings between propulsive