• DocumentCode
    1501862
  • Title

    Robust hovering control of a PVTOL aircraft

  • Author

    Lin, Feng ; Zhang, William ; Brandt, Robert D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    343
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    We study robust hovering control of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft. For hovering control, we can model a V/STOL aircraft as a planar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft. We use an optimal control approach to design a robust hovering control. The resulting control is a nonlinear state feedback whose robustness is demonstrated by numerical simulations
  • Keywords
    aircraft control; control system synthesis; nonlinear control systems; optimal control; robust control; state feedback; PVTOL aircraft; V/STOL aircraft; nonlinear state feedback; planar vertical takeoff and landing aircraft; robust hovering control; robustness; Aerospace control; Aircraft propulsion; Engines; Feedback control; Optimal control; Riccati equations; Robust control; State feedback; Uncertainty; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1063-6536
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/87.761054
  • Filename
    761054