Print Email Facebook Twitter Optimal Variable Wing Camber Control using Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Title Optimal Variable Wing Camber Control using Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Author Pollack, T.S.C. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) van Kampen, E. (TU Delft Control & Simulation) Contributor Silvestre, Flávio (editor) Uijt de Haag, Maarten (editor) Date 2022 Abstract Flight control systems enable the improvement of natural flying qualities and airframe performance of an aircraft. In this article, an incremental optimization control scheme is proposed to optimize a given performance objective set by the designer in an online fashion using limited model information. This scheme is applied to improve the aerodynamic efficiency levels of the General Dynamics F-16 by optimizing symmetric movement of the leading edge flap (LEF) devices, based on an open-source nonlinear simulation model. Other design goals are addressed by refining the control objective, which explicitly embeds design trade-offs in the control law. A complete control architecture is arrived at through the design of a parallel INDI control law that performs the functionof angular rate control to improve natural flying qualities. A nonlinear simulation scenario shows that the proposed control framework is capable of meeting desired handling quality characteristics while simultaneously improving aerodynamic efficiency levels and control activity. In addition, a robustness assessment is performed to gain insight into the sensitivity of the design toon-board model offsets. Subject Nonlinear ControlIncremental ControlControl Configuration Optimization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9793f37d-eb79-488a-87ca-9001dbbf0903 Publisher Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt (DGLR), Berlin, Germany Source Proceedings of the 6th CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control (EuroGNC) Event 6th CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, 2022-05-03 → 2022-05-05, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 T.S.C. Pollack, E. van Kampen Files PDF CEAS_EuroGNC_2022_Pollack.pdf 3.92 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid%3A9793f37d-eb79-488a-87ca-9001dbbf0903/datastream/OBJ/view