Title

Model-Free Control Design for Multi-Input Multi-Output Aeroelastic System Subject to External Disturbance

Authors

Authors

Z. Wang; A. Behal;P. Marzocca

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Guid. Control Dyn.

Keywords

OUTPUT-FEEDBACK CONTROL; NONLINEAR WING SECTION; TRAILING-EDGE SURFACES; ADAPTIVE-CONTROL; ACTIVE CONTROL; LEADING-EDGE; FLUTTER; STABILIZATION; SUPPRESSION; AIRFOIL; Engineering, Aerospace; Instruments & Instrumentation

Abstract

In this paper, a class of aeroelastic systems with an unmodeled nonlinearity and external disturbance is considered. By using leading- and trailing-edge control surface actuations, a full-state feedforward/feedback controller is designed to suppress the aeroelastic vibrations of a nonlinear wing section subject to external disturbance. The full-state feedback control yields a uniformly ultimately bounded result for two-axis vibration suppression. With the restriction that only pitching and plunging displacements are measurable while their rates are not, a high-gain observer is used to modify the full-state feedback control design to an output feedback design. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the multi-input multi-output control toward suppressing aeroelastic vibration and limit cycle oscillations occurring in pre and postflutter velocity regimes when the system is subjected to a variety of external disturbance signals. Comparisons are drawn with a previously designed adaptive multi-input multi-output controller.

Journal Title

Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

Volume

34

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

446

Last Page

458

WOS Identifier

WOS:000288409000011

ISSN

0731-5090

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