Lateral-directional control for a fixed wing vehicle based on the total energy control system approach

Author

Corona-Sanchez, Jose J. ; Rodriguez-Cortes, Hugo

Author_Institution

Centro de Investig. y de Estudios, Av. del Inst. Politec. Nac., Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2015

fDate

9-12 June 2015

Firstpage

936

Lastpage

944

Abstract

This paper is about a control design for the lateral-directional dynamics of a fixed wing aircraft. The objective is to command the lateral-directional dynamics to the equilibrium point that corresponds to a coordinated turn. The proposed control is inspired by the total energy control system technique; with the objective of mixing the ailerons and the rudder inputs. The control law is developed directly from the nonlinear aircraft model. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the closed-loop system behavior.

Keywords

aircraft; closed loop systems; control system synthesis; nonlinear control systems; power control; ailerons; closed-loop system behavior; control design; fixed wing aircraft; fixed wing vehicle; lateral-directional control; lateral-directional dynamics; nonlinear aircraft model; rudder inputs; total energy control system approach; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Mathematical model; Numerical simulation; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6009-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUAS.2015.7152381

Filename

7152381