WORST-CASE UNCERTAIN PARAMETER COMBINATIONS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Thomas Mannchen*, Declan G. Bates†, Ian Postlethwaite†
* Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control, University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 7a, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
† Control and Instrumentation Research Group, Department of Engineering University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
This paper presents a new technique for generating linear fractional transformation based uncertainty models for use in the robustness analysis of flight control systems using the structured singular value μ. The proposed approach does not require closed-form linear expressions for the aircraft dynamics - only a non-linear software model of the closed loop aircraft, which can be efficiently trimmed and linearized numerically, is required. The capability of the proposed approach to identify worst-case uncertain parameter combinations is demonstrated. The approach is compared with classical analysis methods via the robustness analysis of a control law for a Boeing 747 transport aircraft.
Keywords: Flight control, Models, Parameters, Structured singular value, Uncertainty
Session slot T-Tu-A15: Robust Control II/Area code 2e : Robust Control

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