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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 2390-2410.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2014.0092

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A Survey on Modeling and Control Problems for Probe and Drogue Autonomous Aerial Refueling at Docking Stage

QUAN Quan1,2, WEI Zibo1, GAO Jun3, ZHANG Ruifeng4, CAI Kaiyuan1   

  1. 1. School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and System, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
    3. Military Training Department, Headquarters of People's Liberation Army Air Force, Beijing 100843, China;
    4. Beijing Aeronautical Engineering Technology Research Center, Beijng 100076, China
  • Received:2013-10-28 Revised:2014-05-06 Online:2014-09-25 Published:2014-05-23
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (61104012, 51375462); International S&T Coorperation Program of China (2014DFR70650); Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20111102120008); "Young Elite" of High Schools in Beijing (YETP1071)

Abstract:

Probe and drogue autonomous aerial refueling (PDAAR) plays a critical role in the military and civil fields. At all stages of PDAAR, the docking stage requires the highest precision, which therefore causes greatest difficulty to the controller design. So the modeling and control problems for docking stage are very typical and challenging. In this paper, the concept and significance of autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) are introduced at first, and the characteristics and requirements of AAR are summarized. Then, the control methods of the AAR's docking stage and the corresponding existing problems are sequentially surveyed and pointed out. Furthermore, flight test for AAR is also analyzed and surveyed briefly. Finally, with respect to modeling, control and decision of autonomous aerial docking, the possible future work is analyzed and summarized for engineering practice, while six important scientific problems are also proposed.

Key words: aerial refueling, hose, probe and drogue, docking, control, modeling

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