This paper describes the control challenges posed by the Ares I vehicle, the flight control system design and performance analyses used to test and verify the design. The major challenges in developing the control system are structural dynamics, dynamic effects from the powerful first stage booster, aerodynamics, first stage separation and large uncertainties in the dynamic models for all these. Classical control techniques were employed using innovative methods for structural mode filter design and an anti-drift feature to compensate for translational and rotational disturbances. This design was coded into an integrated vehicle flight simulation and tested by Monte Carlo methods. The product of this effort is a linear, robust controller design that is easy to implement, verify and test.


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    Title :

    Ares I Flight Control System Overview


    Contributors:
    Hall, Charles (author) / Lee, Chong (author) / Jackson, Mark (author) / Whorton, Mark (author) / West, mark (author) / Brandon, Jay (author) / Hall, Rob A. (author) / Jang, Jimmy (author) / Bedrossian, Naz (author) / Compton, Jimmy (author)

    Conference:

    2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference ; 2008 ; Honolulu, HI, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-08-18


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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