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An Automated Controller Design Methodology for Six Degree-of-Freedom Aircraft Models

Dierker, Dominic J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright151610728419557

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2017, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME), Wright State University, Mechanical Engineering.
This thesis presents an automated design methodology for development of six degree-of- freedom aircraft controllers. The essential functions required of the controller design are 1) to provide sufficient inner loop compensation to guarantee dynamic stability and acceptable handling qualities over the full flight envelope, and, 2) to enable automated mission following capabilities through implementation of outer loop trackers. A hierarchical control architecture consisting of nested nonlinear dynamic inversion control loops is proposed as a means of achieving these top level objectives. Gain tuning based on an automated linearization methodology is then suggested. Next, an automated optimal control allocation algorithm is tested and implemented. The performance of the control allocator is explored by varying the user-specified secondary objective functions within the context of non-linear time domain six degree-of-freedom simulations. Sample results and recommendations for future improvements to the methodology are then provided.
Rory Roberts, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Mitch Wolff, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
William Schley, S.M . (Committee Member)
Darcy Allison, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
125 p.
Mechanical Engineering
6DOF; Simulink; Control Allocation

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  • Dierker, D. J. (2017). An Automated Controller Design Methodology for Six Degree-of-Freedom Aircraft Models [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright151610728419557

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dierker, Dominic. An Automated Controller Design Methodology for Six Degree-of-Freedom Aircraft Models. 2017. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright151610728419557.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dierker, Dominic. "An Automated Controller Design Methodology for Six Degree-of-Freedom Aircraft Models." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright151610728419557

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