Constrained Control Allocation Methods for Reconfigurable Flight Control Laws

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Bodson
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Control Allocation ◽  
Constrained Control ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Allocation Methods

String Instabilities in Formation Flight: Limitations Due to Integral Constraints

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Seiler ◽  
A. Pant ◽  
J. K. Hedrick
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Formation Control ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Formation Flight ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Aerodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Preceding Vehicle ◽  
Specific Control ◽  
Theoretical Results

Flying in formation improves aerodynamic efficiency and, consequently, leads to an energy savings. One strategy for formation control is to follow the preceding vehicle. Many researchers have shown through simulation results and analysis of specific control laws that this strategy leads to amplification of disturbances as they propagate through the formation. This effect is known as string instability. In this paper, we show that string instability is due to a fundamental constraint on coupled feedback loops. The tradeoffs imposed by this constraint imply that predecessor following is an inherently poor strategy for formation flight control. Finally, we present two examples that demonstrate the theoretical results.

Automatic Flight Control of Unmanned Helicopter Based on Nonlinear Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 1492-1499
Author(s):  
Run Xia Guo
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Model ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Attitude Control ◽  
Lyapunov Stability Theory ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Unmanned Helicopter ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
Compensation Technique

The Unmanned helicopter (UMH) movement was divided into two parts, namely, attitude and trajectory motion. And then a two-timescale nonlinear model was established. The paper improved and expanded state dependent riccati equation (SDRE) control approach, deriving analytical conditions for achieving global asymptotic stability with lyapunov stability theory. Proof was given. By combining improved SDRE control with nonlinear feed-forward compensation technique, the full envelop flight attitude control laws could be designed. On the basis of attitude control, trajectory controller was developed. Actual flight tests were carried out. Test results show that the control strategy is highly effective.

scholarly journals Enhanced Disturbance-Observer-Based Control for a Class of Time-Delay System with Uncertain Sinusoidal Disturbances

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyu Wen
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Flight Control ◽  
Disturbance Observer ◽  
Delay System ◽  
Delay Systems ◽  
Flight Control System ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Nonlinear Disturbance Observer ◽  
Dynamic Performances ◽  
Uncertain Disturbance

This paper is concerned with disturbance-observer-based control (DOBC) for a class of time-delay systems with uncertain sinusoidal disturbances. The disturbances are decomposed as precise and uncertain parts using nonlinear disturbance observer (DO) after appropriate coordinate transformation. And then the two parts can be compensated by corresponding controller, respectively, such that the classic DOBC method is extended to uncertain disturbance rejection. One novel feature of the proposed method is that even if the precise disturbance parameters are inaccessible, the merits of DOBC can be inherited. By integrating the disturbance observers with feedback control laws with time delay, the disturbances can be rejected and the desired dynamic performances can be guaranteed. Finally, simulations for a flight control system are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results.

Input Matrix Factorizations for Constrained Control Allocation

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 1163-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Kirchengast ◽  
Martin Steinberger ◽  
Martin Horn
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Factorizations ◽  
Control Allocation ◽  
Constrained Control ◽  
Input Matrix

ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR FLIGHT CONTROL LAWS OVER CONTINUOUS REGIONS OF THE FLIGHT ENVELOPE

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prathyush P. Menon ◽  
Declan G. Bates ◽  
Ian Postlethwaite
Keyword(s):  
Flight Control ◽  
Robustness Analysis ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Flight Envelope
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