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On the effect of enforcing stability in model predictive control for gust load alleviation
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2015
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Volume
2015-July
Start Page
2329
End Page
2334
Article Number
7171080
Citation
American Control Conference (ACC), 2015 : 1 - 3 July 2015, Chicago, IL, USA. - Piscataway, NJ, 2015. - Seite 2329-2334
Contribution to Conference
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
IEEE
ISBN
978-1-4799-1773-0
978-1-4799-8684-2
978-1-4799-8685-9
Gust load alleviation control refers to the task of attenuating loads acting on an aircraft flying through turbulence. Simulation studies have shown that model predictive control based gust load alleviation strategies can lead to significant load reduction. Application of control strategies in airplanes requires guarantees with respect to reliability, safety, as well as stability. We present nominal stability guarantees for predictive gust load alleviation that are based on terminal penalties and that require no terminal constraint. Furthermore, we analyze the influence of the stabilizing terminal penalty on the achievable load reduction. To this end, we draw upon standard gust types and a fully flexible aircraft model with unsteady aerodynamics that is used as simulated reality.
Subjects
full flexible aircraft model
gust load alleviation
model predictive control
stability
DDC Class
620: Engineering
621: Applied Physics