Nonlinear Control of Mismatched Uncertain Linear Systems and Application to Control of Aircraft

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-1984

Publication Title

Journal of Dynamic System, Measurement and Control

Volume

106

Issue

3

First page number:

203

Last page number:

210

Abstract

This paper describes an approach to control of nonzero set points of uncertain linear systems based on the theory of ultimate boundedness. We derive a nonlinear control which guarantees that every system response is ultimately bounded within a certain neighborhood of the desired nonzero set point. Analytical expressions for the bounds on variations in parameters for ultimate boundedness are obtained. These results are applied to control of a VTOL aircraft whose time-varying parameters are uncertain. Unlike previous works, arbitrary and fast variations in aircraft parameters are allowed. It is shown that the nonlinear controller is effective for larger variation in parameters than the reduced linear controller. Digital simulation results show that the aircraft can be precisely maneuvered in spite of uncertain parameter variations.

Disciplines

Controls and Control Theory | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering

Language

English

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