Title :
A backstepping design for flight path angle control
Author :
Härkegård, Ola ; Glad, S. Torkel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Linkoping Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
A nonlinear approach to flight path angle control is presented. Using backstepping, a globally stabilizing control law is derived. Although the nonlinear nature of the lift force is considered, the pitching moment to be produced is only linear in the measured states. Thus, the resulting control law is much simpler than if feedback linearization had been used. The free parameters that spring from the backstepping design are used to achieve a desired linear behavior around the operating point
Keywords :
aircraft control; control system synthesis; feedback; linearisation techniques; nonlinear control systems; stability; backstepping design; globally stabilizing control law; nonlinear flight path angle control; nonlinear lift force; pitching moment; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Automatic control; Backstepping; Control nonlinearities; Control systems; Force measurement; Linear feedback control systems; Linear systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2000. Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6638-7
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2000.912259