Title :
Model-following control of a helicopter in hover
Author :
Trentini, Michael ; Pieper, Jeff K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Tracking with model-following behavior for a Bell 205 helicopter is investigated using linear-quadratic optimal control. The objective of the design is to produce the desired performance in simulation for a nominal plant model of the Bell 205 in hovering flight. Two fundamentally different types of model-following control designs, explicit and implicit, are studied and discussed in this paper. The two designs result in controllers of different structures. The primary objective of the paper is to compare the merits of the resulting closed-loop systems
Keywords :
aircraft control; Bell 205 helicopter; attitude control; closed-loop systems; explicit model following; hovering flight; implicit model following; linear-quadratic optimal control; model-following control; state feedback; state space model; transfer functions; Aerospace control; Aerospace simulation; Aircraft manufacture; Control design; Control system synthesis; Helicopters; Mechanical engineering; Military aircraft; Optimal control; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2975-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1996.558584
