Title :
Application of SLMC: TRC control of a helicopter in hover
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
Abstract :
The paper presents the solution of the particular helicopter flight control design problem of translational rate commanded control of the aircraft in hover. This mode of control is appropriate for high precision manoeuvring in extremely adverse environments including poor visual cues and instrumentation. Controller design is accomplished via sliding mode control whereby the controlled system is constrained to lie in a subspace characterized by the intersection of hyperplanes. The paper discusses methods for designing hyperplanes in order to meet handling qualities specifications for the aircraft. Extensive simulations demonstrate the effective control
Keywords :
aircraft control; control system synthesis; helicopters; variable structure systems; SLMC; extremely adverse environments; handling qualities; helicopter flight control design; high precision manoeuvring; hover; hyperplanes; poor visual cues; translational rate commanded control; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Content addressable storage; Control systems; Helicopters; Power system modeling; Robust stability; Sliding mode control; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, Proceedings of the 1995
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2445-5
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.1995.520938
