Title :
Nonlinear control of aerial vehicles subjected to aerodynamic forces
Author :
Pucci, Daniele ; Hamel, Tarek ; Morin, P. ; Samson, Claude
Author_Institution :
I3S, Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
Abstract :
The paper contributes towards the development of a unified control approach for longitudinal aircraft dynamics. It states conditions that allow to adapt the control strategies developed for orientation-independent external forces to the orientation-dependent case. The control strategy presented here is a step to the automatic monitoring of the flight transitions between hovering and cruising for convertible aerial vehicles.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; aircraft control; force control; nonlinear control systems; aerodynamic forces; automatic flight transition monitoring; control strategies; convertible aerial vehicles; cruising; hovering; longitudinal aircraft dynamics; nonlinear aerial vehicle control; orientation-dependent external forces; orientation-independent external forces; unified control approach; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Approximation methods; Force; Vectors; Vehicles; Aerodynamic Forces; Longitudinal Aircraft Dynamics; Nonlinear Control; Transition Maneuvers;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control (CDC), 2013 IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5714-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2013.6760648
