Impact of Control-Surface Flexibility on the Dynamic Response of Flexible Aircraft

Sanghi, Divya; Riso, Cristina; Cesnik, Carlos E. S.; Vetrano, Fabio

doi:10.2514/6.2020-1185

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“…In summary, our study can be utilized as a reference for the initial design and analysis of aircraft, which requires the evaluation of stability and controllability. Future interesting topics include the optimization design of dynamic modeling and integrated control for highly flexible aircraft [45], [55], [56].…”

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A Study on Stability Boundary of Highly Flexible Aircraft With Saturation Constraint

Cao

Liu

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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This paper deals with investigating the closed-loop stability boundary of the highly flexible aircraft with structural flexibility and input saturation constraint. A method is presented to analyze the stable region based on the system features of the open-loop instability. In this paper, a dynamic model of highly flexible aircraft is made and the dynamic characteristics are analyzed and the long period mode and stability are investigated in terms of the trimmed model. Considering the saturation constraint of elevator deflection, the closed-loop stability boundary of the system under saturation constraint is discussed by combining the open-loop instability features of highly flexible aircraft. The analysis indicates that the boundary is related to the left eigenvector consistent with the amplitude constraint and the unstable poles of the control signals. Based on the long period instability of the aircraft, the formula of closed-loop stability boundary is analytically obtained. The convergence region of highly flexible aircraft is verified in terms of the LQR controller. The influence of structural flexibility and saturation constraint amplitude of elevator on the stability boundary of highly flexible aircraft is analyzed based on state constraints, which is also compared with the rigid aircraft. The simulation results show that the closed-loop stability of the system is restricted by the open-loop characteristic of the system and the control input saturation constraint.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%