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Boris Andrievsky

Aircraft wing rock oscillations suppression by simple adaptive control

Abstract Roll angular motion of the modern aircraft operating in non-linear flight modes with a high angle of attack often demonstrates the limit cycle oscillations, which is commonly known as the wing rock phenomenon. Wing rock dynamics are represented by a substantially non-linear model, with parameters varying over a wide range, depending on the flight conditions (altitude, Mach number, payload mass, etc.) and angle of attack. A perspective approach of the wing rock suppression lies in the adaptation methods. In the present paper an application of the simple adaptive control approach with the Implicit Reference Model (IRM) is proposed and numerically studied. The IRM adaptive controller …

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Hidden oscillations in aircraft flight control system with input saturation

Abstract The presence of actuator saturation can dramatically degrade the system performance. Since the feedback loop is broken when the actuator saturates the unstable modes of the regulator may then drift to undesirable values. The consequences are that undesired nonlinear oscillations appear and that the settling time may unacceptably increase. Rigorous analysis of nonlinear aircraft models is a very difficult task, that is why a numerical simulation is often used as an analysis and design tool. In this paper difficulties of numerical analysis related to the existence of hidden oscillations in the aircraft control system are demonstrated.

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Hidden oscillations in stabilization system of flexible launcher with saturating actuators

Abstract In the paper the attitude stabilization system of the unstable flexible launcher with saturating input is considered. It is demonstrated that due to actuator saturation the system performance can significantly degrade. The analytical-numerical method is applied to demonstrate possibility of hidden oscillations and localize their attractor.

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Convergence-based Analysis of Robustness to Delay in Anti-windup Loop of Aircraft Autopilot∗∗This work was supported by Russian Scientific Foundation (project 14-21-00041) and Saint-Petersburg State University.

Abstract The windup phenomenon is interpreted as a consequence of the convergent property absence for system with a saturation. This makes it possible to use the frequency-domain criterion for analysis of anti-windup augmentation in the case of stable and marginally stable plants. Based on this approach, robustness of the systems with respect to time delay in the anti-windup loop is examined and the approach for an optimal choice of the static anti-windup gain is proposed. An application of the convergence-based anti-windup control strategy to aircraft flight control for the case of time-delay in the anti-windup loop is described and studied by simulations.

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Hidden Oscillations In The Closed-Loop Aircraft-Pilot System And Their Prevention

The paper is devoted to studying and prevention of a special kind of oscillations-the Pilot Involved Oscillations (PIOs) which may appear in man-machine closed-loop dynamical systems. The PIO of categories II and III are defined as essentially non-linear unintended steady fluctuations of the piloted aircraft, generated due to pilot efforts to control the aircraft with a high precision. The main non-linear factor leading to the PIO is, generally, rate limitations of the aircraft control surfaces, resulting in a delay in the response of the aircraft to pilot commands. In many cases, these oscillations indicate presence of hidden, rather than self-excited attractors in the aircraft-pilot state…

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UAV control with switched GNSS-Estimator navigation system∗∗This work was supported by Russian Scientific Foundation (project 14-21-00041) and Saint-Petersburg State University.

Abstract In the paper the switched GNSS-Estimator navigation system, recently proposed by the authors, is described and numerically studied in the framework of evaluation of the overall UAV control system accuracy.

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Hidden Oscillations In The Closed-Loop Aircraft-Pilot System And Their Prevention* *This work was supported by Russian Science Foundation (project 14-21-00041) and Saint-Petersburg State University.

Abstract The paper is devoted to studying and prevention of a special kind of oscillations-the Pilot Involved Oscillations (PIOs) which may appear in man-machine closed-loop dynamical systems. The PIO of categories II and III are defined as essentially non-linear unintended steady fluctuations of the piloted aircraft, generated due to pilot efforts to control the aircraft with a high precision. The main non-linear factor leading to the PIO is, generally, rate limitations of the aircraft control surfaces, resulting in a delay in the response of the aircraft to pilot commands. In many cases, these oscillations indicate presence of hidden, rather than self-excited attractors in the aircraft-pi…

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