D.J. Lambert, "The Design of Modern Pure Jet Transport Aircraft with Rear-Mounted Engines Reviewed from Engineering and Operational Aspects," Esso Air World, Vol. 13, No. 2, Sept/Oct 1960.
A.L. Byrnes, W.E. Hensleigh, and L.A. Tolve, "Effect of Horizontal Stabilizer Vertical Location on the Design of Large Transport Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 3, No. 2, Mar/April 1966, pp. 97-104.
R. F. O'Connell, "Design, Development and Implementation of an Active Control for Load Alleviation for a Commercial Transport Airplane," AGARD Report No. 683, October 1979. A case study of the development of the system used on the L-1011.
Ilan Kroo, "Tail Sizing for Fuel-Efficient Transports," AIAA Paper 83-2476, 1983.
G. Wedekind and P. Mangold, "Integration of Aerodynamic, Performance, Stability and Control Requirements into the Design Process of Modern Unstable Fighter Aircraft Configurations," in Integrated Design of Advanced Fighters, AGARD CP-465, Oct. 1989. This is a very good overview of the modern aircraft design problem.
T.B. Saunders and J.H. Tuckers, "Combat Aircraft Control Requirements," in Aerodynamics of Combat Aircraft Controls and of Ground Effects, AGARD CP-465, Oct. 1989. This presents a good, yet fairly short, qualitative discussion of the problem from the point of view of the aircraft designer.
J. Kay, W.H. Mason, W. Durham and F. Lutze, "Control Authority Assessment in Aircraft Conceptual Design," AIAA Paper 93-3968, August 1993. Presents a basic overview for designers. VPI-Aero-200, Nov. 1993 provides more details.
Glenn Gilyard and Martin Espana, "On the Use of Controls for Subsonic Transport Performance Improvement: Overview abd Future Directions," AIAA Paper 94-3515, Aug. 1994. Review of the use of controls to improve performance.
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