Optimal tracking control system design for a ring-wing type UAV

Author

Junho Jeong ; Seungkeun Kim ; Jinyoung Suk

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Chungnam Nat. Univ., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 May 2013

Firstpage

413

Lastpage

422

Abstract

This paper proposes an optimal tracking control law for a ring-wing type unmanned aerial vehicle (RWUAV) under full flight envelope including hover, transition and cruise modes. A system matrix is augmented with a tracking error term, and then state feedback gain is calculated by using a single Riccati equation. In order to reduce error, an integral term is augmented in the state vector. The performance of proposed controller is verified through three-dimensional waypoint simulation.

Keywords

Riccati equations; aerospace components; aerospace simulation; autonomous aerial vehicles; control system synthesis; matrix algebra; optimal control; state feedback; vectors; RWUAV; cruise mode; flight envelope; hover mode; integral term; optimal tracking control system design; ring-wing type UAV; ring-wing type unmanned aerial vehicle; single Riccati equation; state feedback gain; state vector; system matrix; three-dimensional waypoint simulation; tracking error term; transition mode; Analytical models; Equations; Force; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Rotors; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0815-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUAS.2013.6564716

Filename

6564716