Title :
An experimental comparison of controllers for a vectored thrust, ducted fan engine
Author :
Kantner, Michael ; Bodenheimer, Bobby ; Bendotti, Pascale ; Murray, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Experimental comparisons between four different control design methodologies are applied to a small vectored thrust engine. Each controller is applied to three trajectories of varying aggressiveness. The control strategies considered are LQR, H∞, gain scheduling, and feedback linearization. The experiments show that gain scheduling is essential to achieving good performance. The strengths and weaknesses of each methodology are also examined
Keywords :
H∞ control; aerospace engines; control system synthesis; feedback; linear quadratic control; linear systems; nonlinear control systems; H∞; LQR; aggressiveness; control design methodologies; control strategies; feedback linearization; gain scheduling; vectored thrust ducted fan engine; Aircraft propulsion; Buildings; Control design; Control systems; Control theory; Design methodology; Engines; Linear feedback control systems; Performance gain; Robust control;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, Proceedings of the 1995
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2445-5
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.1995.531229
