Application of Model Algorithmic Control to a Lightly Damped Single Input Single Output System.
Abstract
A new digital control technique, called Model Algorithmic Control (MAC), was applied to a single-input single-output model containing complex eigenvalues. The MAC algorithm developed was a simplified version of the algorithm used by ADERSA/GERBIOS Corporation (France) in a complete computer program designated IDCOM (Identification and Command). A second-order model based on the dominant eigenvalues of the B-52E Flutter Mode was selected as the hypothetical system to be controlled. Data were obtained for various selections of control parameters in the implementing program, then a study was made of the controlling program's 'robustness' to eigenvalue changes. The second-order model was subsequently expanded to a third-order, then a fourth-order model, while maintaining the previously found 'optimum' control parameters. Results obtained indicated that the 'robustness' exhibited in the MAC concept as implemented in IDCOM is not attributed to the impulse response prediction technique, but rather must be attributed to the particular control algorithm used in IDCOM. Therefore, before conclusive results could be obtained for robustness and higher-order model studies, further refinement of the simplified MAC algorithm used in this thesis was necessary. A revision to the implementing program was begun, but due to time considerations, was not completed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA064222
Entities
People
- Howard J. Colson Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology