Title :
A gain-scheduled H∞ control law for a tailless aircraft
Author :
Sparks, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
AFRL VACC, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA
Abstract :
Linear parameter varying (LPV) control theory is used to design a gain-scheduled H∞ flight control law for a tailless fighter aircraft. To compensate for the reduced directional stability, the aircraft under consideration has a large number of multi-axis control effectors. A previous gain-scheduled control law design for this tailless aircraft used simple LPV models that allow for straight-forward computation of the controller gains but may sacrifice performance of the resulting control law. This paper describes a new design that incorporates a higher fidelity LPV model in the design process
Keywords :
H∞ control; aircraft control; attitude control; linear systems; military aircraft; state-space methods; H∞ control; aircraft control; attitude control; directional stability; flight control; gain-scheduling; linear parameter varying control; state space model; tailless fighter aircraft; Aerospace control; Automatic control; Closed loop systems; Control design; Control theory; Force control; Military aircraft; Process design; Stability; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Trieste
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4104-X
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1998.728594
