Title :
Normal acceleration command following of the F-16 using optimal control methodologies: a comparison
Author :
Mracek, C.P. ; Ridgeley, D.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Abstract :
Three types of control design method are compared for tracking performance and robustness. The three types are H2, H∞, and mixed H2/H∞. The tracking problem is a command-following system subject to noises and uncertainties. The plant model is unstable and non-minimum-phase. Specifically, an F-16 is modeled at Mach 0.6, sea level, with normal acceleration being measured and commanded. The best tracking performance is obtained by only looking at the tracking problem with plant uncertainties and using H∞ optimization. The best noise suppression is obtained by considering only the noise and using H2 optimization
Keywords :
aircraft control; control system synthesis; military systems; optimal control; optimisation; stability; tracking; F-16 fighter aircraft; H∞ optimization; H2 optimization; aircraft control; command-following system; control design; normal acceleration; optimal control; robustness; tracking; uncertainties; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Aircraft; Control design; Delay effects; Elevators; Equations; Optimal control; Sea level; Servomechanisms;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0047-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1992.269781