Wide-Speed Vehicle Control Considering Flight-Propulsion Coupling Constraints
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 6
Abstract
To reduce the influence of flight-propulsion coupling of a wide-speed vehicle on itself, this study investigated the integrated control considering the flight-propulsion coupling constraints. First, a control-oriented mathematical model of flight-propulsion integration for a wide-speed vehicle was established. On this basis, the nonlinear dynamic inversion (NDI) and incremental nonlinear dynamic inverse (INDI) control methods were adopted to design the attitude control algorithms of the slow outer loop and fast angular rate inner loop, respectively. The necessary modules, such as reference model, error control, and online estimation, were introduced into the NDI controller to ensure flight quality and robustness of the wide-speed vehicle. Then, based on the online model that involves the flight-propulsion coupling characteristics (FPCCs) of the wide-speed vehicle, a coupling control scheme for the wide-speed vehicle that considers its attitude and engine was designed by manipulated cross-linking. Simulation results indicate that the proposed NDI flight-propulsion control scheme can effectively address the flight-propulsion coupling of the wide-speed vehicle and guarantee the expected control performance.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are proprietary or confidential in nature and may only be provided with the following restriction: All data may be provided on request, but codes are proprietary or confidential in nature.
Acknowledgments
The authors appreciate the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 62173274), Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 2020JQ-219), and Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2020JC-19). Shuangxi Liu and Zehuai Lin contributed equally to this work.
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 36 • Issue 6 • November 2023
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Received: Jan 21, 2023
Accepted: Jul 12, 2023
Published online: Sep 14, 2023
Published in print: Nov 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Feb 14, 2024
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