Anti-windup compensation of rate saturation in an experimental aircraft

Brieger, Oliver, Kerr, Murray, Leißling, Dirk, Postlethwaite, Ian, Sofrony, Jorge and Turner, Matthew (2007) Anti-windup compensation of rate saturation in an experimental aircraft. In: Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 924-929. ISBN 9781424409884

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Abstract

This paper describes the design, flight testing and accompanying analysis of two anti-windup (AW) compensators for an experimental aircraft - the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) advanced technologies testing aircraft (ATTAS). The AW compensators were designed to reduce the deleterious effects of rate-saturation of the aircraft's actuators on handling qualities. The AW compensators were flight-tested and assessed using the resulting pilot comments, in the form of handling qualities ratings (HQR's) and pilot-involved-oscillation ratings (PIOR's), and flight test data. These media demonstrate that the AW compensators improved the predictability and handling of the aircraft. The results also provide an initial understanding of the relationship between the theory and design choices for AW controllers and the response of the piloted aircraft during periods of rate saturation.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, 9-13 July 2007.
Subjects:	H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Sarah Howells
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2012 11:43
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 22:29
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/10358

Downloads