Title :
Fault tolerant formation flight control using different adaptation techniques
Author :
Tancredi, Daniele ; Yu Gu ; Haiyang Chao
Author_Institution :
Simulink Quality Eng. Dept., MathWorks Natick, Natick, MA, USA
Abstract :
Different solutions to the problem of aerodynamic surface failure during formation flight are presented. Adaptive control laws are applied in order to compensate for surface blockages. Two different approaches are described in detail, Model Reference Adaptive Control and L1 Adaptive Control, in order to improve the fault-tolerance of a baseline controller designed with static gains. Simulation results are included, showing a substantial improvement of fault-tolerance performance when adaptive augmentation is used.
Keywords :
adaptive control; aircraft control; autonomous aerial vehicles; control system synthesis; fault tolerance; mobile robots; position control; L1 adaptive control; UAV aircraft; adaptation technique; adaptive augmentation; adaptive control law; aerodynamic surface failure; controller design; fault tolerance performance; fault tolerant control; formation flight control; model reference adaptive control; static gain; unmanned aerial vehicle; Adaptation models; Adaptive control; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Mathematical model; Trajectory; Adaptive Control; Fault Tolerance; Formation Flight;
Conference_Titel :
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0815-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICUAS.2013.6564800
