An adaptive inverse control scheme for a synthetic jet actuator model

In this paper, we develop an adaptive inverse compensation scheme for controlling the aerodynamic flow of a synthetic jet actuator on a dynamic aircraft system. An adaptive inverse is employed for cancelling the effect of the nonlinearity of the synthetic jet. A linear state feedback control law is used for controlling the aircraft dynamics. A linearly parametrized error model is derived for the nonlinear actuator model. A parameter projection adaptive law is used to ensure desired closed-loop stability and asymptotic tracking. An application of this adaptive compensation scheme to the control of a linear aircraft model with a synthetic jet actuator is studied and its effectiveness is verified by simulation results.