Sliding Mode Control Applied to Reconfigurable Flight Control Design

Abstract

Sliding mode control is applied to the design of flight control systems capable of operating with limited bandwidth actuators and in the presence of significant damage to the airframe and/or control effector actuators. Although inherently robust, sliding mode control algorithms have been hampered by their sensitivity to the effects of parasitic unmodeled dynamics, such as those associated with actuators and structural modes. It is known that asymptotic observers can alleviate this sensitivity while still allowing the system to exhibit significant robustness. This approach is demonstrated. The selection of the sliding manifold as well as the interpretation of the resulting linear design is accomplished in the frequency domain. The design technique is exercised on a pitch-axis controller for a simple model of the High Angle of Attack F-18 vehicle via computer simulation. A model-based tool is used for predicting task-oriented handling qualities and pilot-induced oscillation tendencies for the sliding mode controller operating with a damaged vehicle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 17, 2002
Accession Number
ADA398917

Entities

People

  • Scott R. Wells

Organizations

  • University of California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Frequency Domain
  • Guidance
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Simulations
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Transfer Functions
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.