Linear-quadratic sampled-data regulator theory is used to design several Type 0 and Type 1 control laws for lateral-directional aircraft dynamics. Control structures are defined for singular command inputs and for control rate outputs; the former allows for precise following of a command whose integral appears in the state vector, while the latter uses both a difference approximation and the Tustin transform to characterize control rate in the discrete-time domain. Type 0 controllers with control rate restraint and 'equivalent' Type 1 controllers are implemented in a microprocessor-based digital flight control system, and flight tests are conducted using Princeton University's Variable-Response Research Aircraft. The control system, entitled CAS-4, offers four combinations of control: direct (unaugmented) control, Type 0 control with both roll rate/sideslip angle and roll rate/lateral acceleration command combinations, and Type 1 control with roll/sideslip angle command. Ground-based hybrid simulation and flight test results show that major closed-loop response features are unaffected by the choice of sampling rate when sampled-data regulator theory is used. Consequently, much lower sampling rates than would normally be expected can be used when control laws are derived in this manner (a sampling rate of 10 sps is primarily used in this investigation, though lower sampling rates are investigated as well).


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    Title :

    Digital Command Augmentation for Lateral-Directional Aircraft Dynamics


    Contributors:
    D. Atzhorn (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    199 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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