Title :
A flight control system for microgravity experiments
Author :
Amato, F. ; Ambrosino, G. ; Garofalo, F. ; Verde, L.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Inf. e Sistemistica, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
Abstract :
A flight control system which is capable of reproducing a microgravity environment within a commercial aircraft by forcing it to follow the dynamic behavior of a mass launched in the vacuum is studied. The control problem is formulated as a variational problem and an efficient numerical procedure for the online solution of the problem is given. The solution technique is based on the so-called receding horizon technique. The performance of the proposed control system is illustrated by numerical simulations
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; aircraft control; variational techniques; zero gravity experiments; commercial aircraft; flight control system; microgravity experiments; numerical simulations; receding horizon technique; variational problem; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Control system synthesis; Equations; Laboratories; Numerical simulation; Space shuttles; Vacuum systems; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0047-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1992.269850
