Design of linear parameter varying trajectory tracking controllers for an unmanned air vehicle

Natesan, Kannan, Gu, Da-Wei and Postlethwaite, Ian (2010) Design of linear parameter varying trajectory tracking controllers for an unmanned air vehicle. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224 (4). pp. 395-402. ISSN 0954-4100

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Abstract

This article presents a trajectory tracking controller design approach for an unmanned air vehicle using the linear parameter varying (LPV) methods. The longitudinal and lateral controllers are designed using an inner-outer loop structure with the inner loop LPV controller designed first using μ-synthesis. The inner loop is then approximated with a reference model and the outer loop is designed using loop-shaping techniques. Flight trajectory is expressed in terms of earth co-ordinates, which the outer loop controller converts into reference signals for the inner loop. Full-scale non-linear simulations are used to test the efficiency of the designed controller and of the proposed design approach.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	flight control, linear parameter varying systems, robust control, unmanned air vehicle
Subjects:	H400 Aerospace Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Katie Harwood
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2013 11:30
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2019 00:30
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/10926

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