Motion control of highly-maneuverable aircraft

Abstract

Approaches and solves a spectrum of problems in the motion control of highly-maneuverable aircraft. In particular, analysis and identification, as well as optimization and control of advanced aircraft are researched to attain the specified flying and handling qualities, guarantee survivability, damage adaptation and recovery, and improve mission effectiveness, etc. The paper reports a completely automated setup to perform real-time identification and control with failure accommodation. Innovative identification and design methods are applied. It is shown that the required aircraft performance through the specified operational envelope at various attitudes, including high-angle-of-attack regimes, can be achieved through real-time nonlinear analysis, identification, and control reconfiguration. An example is studied to demonstrate the practical use of the analytical and numerical results. In particular, the feasibility and viability of the identification and design methods developed, as well as the computational effectiveness and numerical stability of the algorithms, are illustrated. It is documented that the decision making process can be performed in real-time.