Adaptive Control Law Design for Model Uncertainty Compensation

Abstract

Disturbance Accommodating Control principles were applied to the design of a baseline aerospace flight control system. The resulting DAC controller designs were evaluated in terms of their ability to maintain an ideal model response when the closed loop system was subjected to significant uncertainties. These uncertainties included parameter perturbations, external disturbances, and unmodelled dynamics. The DAC designs were compared to other adaptive techniques, including Self-Tuning Regulator and Model Reference Adaptive Control concepts. These designs were also compared to a classical Proportional-Integral-Derivative controller. All of the adaptive controller designs were judged relative to each other and relative to the PID design, in terms of performance, design, complexity, and confidence of operation (reliability). In every case the controllers designed using Dynetics innovative approach were able to equal or surpass the STR and MRAC controllers in terms of performance robustness while preserving a linear time-invariant implementation structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211712

Entities

People

  • J. E. Sorrells

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Estimators
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Law
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers