Title :
Robust hovering control of a PVTOL aircraft
Author :
Lin, Feng ; Zhang, William ; Brandt, Robert D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
fDate :
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We study robust hovering control of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft. For hovering control, we can model a V/STOL aircraft as a planar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft. We use an optimal control approach to design a robust hovering control. The resulting control is a nonlinear state feedback whose robustness is demonstrated by numerical simulations
Keywords :
aircraft control; control system synthesis; nonlinear control systems; optimal control; robust control; state feedback; PVTOL aircraft; V/STOL aircraft; nonlinear state feedback; planar vertical takeoff and landing aircraft; robust hovering control; robustness; Aerospace control; Aircraft propulsion; Engines; Feedback control; Optimal control; Riccati equations; Robust control; State feedback; Uncertainty; Valves;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on
