Book Description
This project addresses the development of both control synthesis and analysis methods for affordable, highly integrated nonlinear aircraft control systems through basic research and development of control science and dynamical systems theory. The technical approach is to explore the following three primary research areas: (1) stability analysis, (2) robust nonlinear control, and (3) robust reconfigurable control. The stability analysis task assesses robustness of a baseline flight control system. The analysis results are used to develop on-board model and control allocation requirements for the other two tasks. The robust nonlinear control task includes development of compact on-board model and dynamic control allocation synthesis methods. The reconfigurable control design task includes development of an on-board model update synthesis method. The main accomplishment for the stability analysis task is using structured singular value analysis to formalize control allocation stability implications and to specify stability and control derivative accuracy requirements for on-board model synthesis. The main accomplishments for the robust nonlinear control design task are development of a dynamic control allocation formulation and development of a compact on-board model synthesis method. The main accomplishment for the robust reconfigurable control design task is the development of an on-line learning method for on-board model updates to enhance the robustness of indirect adaptive flight control systems.
