Design of digital longitudinal autopilots based on l1-optimization approach

Design of digital longitudinal autopilots based on l1-optimization approach

L. S. Zhiteckii, K. V. Melnyk, A. Yu. Pilchevsky, I. R. Kvasha

 

Abstract

This paper deals with the l1-optimal control to be implemented via the digital longitudinalautopilot capable to ensure a desired pitch attitude of aircraft in the presence of an arbitrary externalunmeasured disturbance. The optimization is achieved by determining the two parameters of the digital PIcontroller needed to stabilize the pitch rate and also the one parameter of P controller required for thestabilization of the pitch attitude. An illustrative numerical example and simulation results are given todemonstrate the effectiveness of this approach

Keywords

Aircraft; longitudinal dynamics; digital autopilot; discrete time; PI controller; l1-optimization

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