Title :
Intelligent aerodynamic/propulsion flight control for flight safety: a nonlinear adaptive approach
Author :
Idan, Moshe ; Johnson, Matthew ; Calise, Anthony J. ; Kaneshige, John
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Aerosp. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an intelligent fault tolerant flight control system that blends aerodynamic and propulsion actuation for safe flight operation in the presence of actuator failures. Fault tolerance is obtained by a nonlinear adaptive control strategy based on on-line learning neural networks and actuator reallocation scheme. The adaptive control block incorporates a recently developed technique for adaptation in the presence of actuator saturation, rate limits and failure. The proposed integrated aerodynamic/propulsion flight control system is evaluated in a nonlinear flight simulation environment
Keywords :
adaptive control; aerospace control; nonlinear control systems; aerodynamic actuation; flight safety; intelligent aerodynamic/propulsion flight control; intelligent fault tolerant flight control system; nonlinear adaptive approach; nonlinear adaptive control strategy; propulsion actuation; Adaptive control; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aerospace safety; Aircraft propulsion; Computational intelligence; Control systems; Intelligent actuators; Neural networks; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6495-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2001.946346