Low order H_∞ optimal control for ACFA blended wing body aircraft

Czech Technical University in Prague Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Advanced nonconvex nonsmooth optimization techniques for fixed-order H_∞ robust control are proposed in this paper for design of flight control systems (FCS) with prescribed structure. Compared to classical techniques − tuning of and successive closures of particular single-input single-output (SISO) loops like dampers, attitude stabilizers, etc. − all loops are designed simultaneously by means of quite intuitive weighting filters selection. In contrast to standard optimization techniques, though (H₂, H_∞ optimization), the resulting controller respects the prescribed structure in terms of engaged channels and orders (e. g., proportional (P), proportional-integral (PI), and proportional-integralderivative (PID) controllers). In addition, robustness with regard to multimodel uncertainty is also addressed which is of most importance for aerospace applications as well. Such a way, robust controllers for various Mach numbers, altitudes, or mass cases can be obtained directly, based only on particular mathematical models for respective combinations of the §ight parameters.