This paper is concerned with the robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of a tandem coaxial ducted fan aircraft under system uncertainty, mismatched disturbance, and actuator saturation.For the proposed aircraft, comp...This paper is concerned with the robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of a tandem coaxial ducted fan aircraft under system uncertainty, mismatched disturbance, and actuator saturation.For the proposed aircraft, comprehensive controllability analysis is performed to evaluate the controllability of each state as well as the margin to reject mismatched disturbance without any knowledge of the controller. Mismatched disturbance attenuation is ensured through a structured Hinfinity controller tuned by a non-smooth optimization algorithm. Embedded with the H-infinity controller, an adaptive control law is proposed in order to mitigate matched system uncertainty and actuator fault. Input saturation is also considered by the modified reference model. Numerical simulation of the novel ducted fan aircraft is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The simulation results reveal that the proposed adaptive controller achieves better transient response and more robust performance than classic Model Reference Adaptive Control（MRAC） method, even with serious actuator saturation.展开更多
Based on investigations into the flow field of ducted fan aircrafts,structural parameters of duct are quantified.A three-dimensional model is established for numerical simulation,and adaptive Cartesian grid is used to...Based on investigations into the flow field of ducted fan aircrafts,structural parameters of duct are quantified.A three-dimensional model is established for numerical simulation,and adaptive Cartesian grid is used to mesh the model in order to improve calculation speed and solution accuracy.Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are brought in to analyze different duct styles.Generalization of simulation results leads to several conclusions in duct aerodynamics to help design ducted fan aircrafts.展开更多
文摘This paper is concerned with the robust adaptive fault-tolerant control of a tandem coaxial ducted fan aircraft under system uncertainty, mismatched disturbance, and actuator saturation.For the proposed aircraft, comprehensive controllability analysis is performed to evaluate the controllability of each state as well as the margin to reject mismatched disturbance without any knowledge of the controller. Mismatched disturbance attenuation is ensured through a structured Hinfinity controller tuned by a non-smooth optimization algorithm. Embedded with the H-infinity controller, an adaptive control law is proposed in order to mitigate matched system uncertainty and actuator fault. Input saturation is also considered by the modified reference model. Numerical simulation of the novel ducted fan aircraft is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The simulation results reveal that the proposed adaptive controller achieves better transient response and more robust performance than classic Model Reference Adaptive Control（MRAC） method, even with serious actuator saturation.
文摘Based on investigations into the flow field of ducted fan aircrafts,structural parameters of duct are quantified.A three-dimensional model is established for numerical simulation,and adaptive Cartesian grid is used to mesh the model in order to improve calculation speed and solution accuracy.Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are brought in to analyze different duct styles.Generalization of simulation results leads to several conclusions in duct aerodynamics to help design ducted fan aircrafts.
