Model-following control of a helicopter in hover

Author

Trentini, Michael ; Pieper, Jeff K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada

fYear

1996

fDate

15-18 Sep 1996

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2975-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.1996.558584

Filename

558584