In the event of a control surface failure, the purpose of a reconfigurable control system is to redistribute the control effort among the remaining working surfaces such that satisfactory stability and performance are retained. An Off-line Nonlinear General Constrained Optimization (ONCO) approach was used for the reconfigurable X-33 control design method. Three example failures are shown using a high fidelity 6 DOF simulation (case I ascent with a left body flap jammed at 25 deg.; case 2 entry with a right inboard elevon jam at 25 deg.; and case 3, landing (TAEM) with a left rudder jam at -30 deg.) Failure comparisons between responses with the nominal controller and reconfigurable controllers show the benefits of reconfiguration. Single jam aerosurface failures were considered, and failure detection and identification is considered accomplished in the actuator controller. The X-33 flight control system will incorporate reconfigurable flight control in the baseline system.


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    Title :

    Full Envelope Reconfigurable Control Design for the X-33 Vehicle


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference ; 2001 ; Montreal, Quebec, Canada


    Publication date :

    2001-01-18


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Reconfigurable Control Design for the Full X-33 Flight Envelope

    Cotting, M. Christopher / Burken, John J. | NTRS | 2001