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Variable stability system control law development for in-flight simulation of pitch/roll/yaw rate and normal load

  • Ko, Joon Soo;Park, Sungsu
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.412-418
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    • 2014
  • This paper describes the development of variable stability system (VSS) control laws for the KFA-i to simulate the dynamics of KFA-m aircraft. The KFA-i is a single engine, Class IV aircraft and was selected as an in-flight simulator (IFS) aircraft, whereas the KFA-m is a simulated aircraft that is based on the F-16 aircraft. A 6-DoF math model of KFA-i aircraft was developed, linearized, and separated into longitudinal and lateral motion for VSS control law synthesis. The KFA-i aircraft has five primary control surfaces: two flaperons, two all movable horizontal tails, and one rudder. Flaperons are used for load control, the horizontal tails are used for pitch and roll rate control, and the rudder is used for yaw rate control. The developed VSS control law can simulate four parameters of the KFA-m aircraft simultaneously, such as pitch, roll, yaw rates, and load. The simulation results show that KFA-i follows the responses of KFA-m with high accuracy.

FUZZY CONTROL LAW OF HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT

  • Sul Cho;Park, Rai-Woong;Nam, Sae-Kyu;Lee, Man-Hyung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.205-209
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    • 1998
  • A synthesis of fuzzy variable structure control is proposed to design a high-angle-of-attack flight system for a modification version of the F-18 aircraft. The knowledge of the proportional, integral, and derivative control is combined into the fuzzy control that addresses both the highly nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics of elevators and the control limit of thrust vectoring nozzles. A simple gain scheduling method with multi-layered fuzzy rules is adopted to obtain an appropriate blend of elevator and thrust vectoring commands in the wide operating range. Improving the computational efficiency, an accelerated kernel for on-line fuzzy reasoning is also proposed. The resulting control system achieves the good flying quantities during a high-angle-of- attack excursion. Thus the fuzzy logic can afford the control engineer a flexible means of deriving effective control laws in the nonlinear flight regime.

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A Study on Flight Characteristics and Flight Control Methodology for a Wing In Ground Effect Vehicle (지면효과익기의 비행특성 해석 및 비행제어 방식에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Yongkyu
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2001
  • In this study an analysis on flight characteristics and flight control methods for a wing in ground effect vehicle is made. In order to closely view its nonlinearity a few limit cycles are examined and related to the characteristics of the linearized systems. Several flight control methods are compared for the cruise mode with initial height error and command tracking mode of ascending, cruise, and descending. In comparison performance and the implementation aspects are examined. For the possible control inputs, combinations of elevator, thrust, and flap are considered and LQR-based output command tracking scheme is applied in the control system design.

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Design of the Automatic Flight and Guidance Controller for 50m Unmanned Airship Platform

  • Lee, Sang-Jong;Kim, Seong-Pil;Kim, Tae-Sik;Kim, Dong-Min;Bang, Hyo-Choong
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.64-75
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    • 2005
  • The Stratospheric Airship Platform (SAP) has a capability of performing the autonomous and guidance flight to satisfy given missions. To be used as the High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), the capabilities of controlling platform's accurate position and keeping the station point are the most important features. Under this circumstances Autonomous Flight Control System (AFCS) is a critical system and plays a key role in achieving the given requirements and succeeding in missions. In this paper, the design and analysis results of the AFCS algorithms and controller are presented. The brief summary of the AFCS hardware structure is also explained. The autopilot controller and guidance logics were designed based on the linear dynamics of the unmanned airship platform and the full nonlinear dynamics was considered to evaluate and verify their performances.

Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of KSR-III Propulsion Feeding System (KSR-III 추진기관 공급계 동특성 해석)

  • Jung, Young-Suk;Cho, In-Hyun;Jung, Tae-Kyu;Kwon, Oh-Sung
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06d
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    • pp.1008-1013
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    • 2001
  • KSR-III propulsion system designed in KARI has a gas-pressurization system for propellant feeding system. This system uses a regulator for the control of the ullage pressure of propellant tank and a venturi for passive control of propellant flowrate. This system seems to be very reliable, but the flowrate of propellant varies according to the change of acceleration with the rocket flight. In this paper, dynamic characteristic of KSR-III propulsion feeding system was analyzed in flight condition. The purpose of this research is to find the variation of off ratio and propellant flowrate change for certification condition of engine reliability test.

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Mechanical Characteristics of Carbon/Epoxy Composite for Aircraft Control System (항공기용 카본/에폭시 비행조종 장치의 기계적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 조치룡;김현수;김광수
    • Composites Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 1999
  • A design development test for carbon/epoxy composite laminates for an aircraft flight control system is performed. The design development test includes moisture absorbing test, tensile, compressive, bearing and lap shear tests. The moisture absorbing behavior for different fiber orientation angles is investigated and the changes in mechanical characteristics are compared. In the in-plane tensile test, the effect of damages such as scratches and impacts is studied. The bearing test is performed for different fastening types. The resulting design allowable stress and environmental load enhancement factor are used for the structural analysis and certification tests for the flight control system.

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Design of Reconfigurable Flight Controller Using Discrete Model Reference Adaptive Scheme

  • Hyung, Seung-Yong;Kim, You-Dan
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, an adaptive control algorithm using system identification is proposed for an aircraft fault tolerant control system. A discrete state-space system is reformulated to be the ARX model which has the advantage in handing variable structure systems. Discrete model reference adaptive control is used to make the output of fault system follow the output of reference model. To validate the performance of the proposed control scheme, numerical simulations are performed for the high performance aircraft with control surface damage.

Autonomous Control System of Compact Model-helicopter

  • Kang, Chul-Ung;Jun Satake;Takakazu Ishimatsu;Yoichi Shimomoto;Jun Hashimoto
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.95-99
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    • 1998
  • We introduce an autonomous flying system using a model-helicopter. A feature of the helicopter is that autonomous flight is realized on the low-cost compact model-helicopter. Our helicopter system is divided into two parts. One is on the helicopter, and the other is on the land. The helicopter is loaded with a vision sensor and an electronic compass including a tilt sensor. The control system on the land monitors the helicopter movement and controls. We firstly introduce the configuration of our helicopter system with a vision sensor and an electronic compass. To determine the 3-D position and posture of helicopter, a technique of image recognition using a monocular image is described based on the idea of the sensor fusion of vision and electronic compass. Finally, we show an experiment result, which we obtained in the hovering. The result shows the effectiveness of our system in the compact model-helicopter.

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The State of the Art and Application of Actuator in Aerospace (항공우주용 구동장치 개발 동향)

  • Yoon, Gi-Jun;Park, Ho-Youl;Jang, Ki-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.89-102
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a study on the future-oriented actuator introduces the future technology and future direction in aerospace and several industry fields. In particular, the mechanical linkage or hydraulic and pneumatic actuators which have the higher output-to-weight ratio have been used a lot in the past as the aircraft's flight control device. Most recently, Fly-By-Wire system has been used in aircraft and the flight control system has been changed in more electric and all electric systems. Electrohydraulic actuators and electric actuators have been developed continually, because they have better efficiency, safety and lower cost for the flight control system of aircraft. Also, to improve the weight condition, accuracy and response of actuator, new field actuators using new materials have been developed. In this paper we clearly proposed the actuator design and detailed technology development trend for next generation actuation system in aerospace and new field.

A Study on Fly-By-Wire Helicopter Control Law Design using SAS Actuators (안정성증강 작동기를 이용한 Fly-By-Wire 헬리콥터 제어법칙 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Eung-Tai;Choi, In-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2015
  • The previous limited authority system capable of implementing attitude command response type and translational command response type by operating SAS actuator has the problem of early saturation of SAS actuator since SAS actuator should compensate the mechanical linkage displacement caused by control sick movement. In this paper, a limited authority system where flight control computer receives the command from the control stick which is not connected to the mechanical linkage is described. In this system the compensation by the SAS actuator is not necessary and SAS actuator saturate later. SAS actuator saturation problem can be further relaxed by using the trim actuator. This new limited authority system is applied to BO-105 model, simulation is performed for the doublet input and pirouette maneuver is also simulated and analyzed.