Abstract:
This paper proposes a control allocation system that can detect and compensate the phase shift between the desired and the actual total control effort due to rate limitin...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper proposes a control allocation system that can detect and compensate the phase shift between the desired and the actual total control effort due to rate limiting of the actuators. Phase shifting is an important problem in control system applications since it effectively introduces a time delay which may destabilize the closed loop dynamics. A relevant example comes from flight control where aggressive pilot commands, high gain of the flight control system or some anomaly in the system may cause actuator rate limiting and effective time delay introduction. This time delay can instigate Pilot Induced Oscillations (PIO), which is an abnormal coupling between the pilot and the aircraft resulting in unintentional and undesired oscillations. The proposed control allocation system reduces the effective time delay by first detecting the phase shift and then minimizing it using constrained optimization techniques. Flight control simulation results for an unstable aircraft with inertial cross coupling are reported, which demonstrate phase shift minimization and recovery from a PIO event.
Published in: Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference
Date of Conference: 29 June 2011 - 01 July 2011
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 18 August 2011
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