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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 3359-3369.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2014.0333

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A nonlinear adaptive switching control blending method and its application to tiltrotor

WANG Qi, WU Wenhai   

  1. Qingdao Branch, Naval Aeronautical Engineering Institute, Qingdao 266041, China
  • Received:2014-09-28 Revised:2014-12-02 Online:2015-10-15 Published:2014-12-09
  • Supported by:

    Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (20100785001)

Abstract:

To avoid control signals of sub-controllers bumping at switching time, a nonlinear adaptive switching control blending method is presented. Multilayer neural-net is used to compensate the inversion error of feedback linearization controllers and unmodeled uncertainties. The convex combination of each sub-controller output is utilized as the online control signal in which the weight value of each sub-controller is determined by a switching parameter, and then the continuous and smooth switching can be achieved. A common Lyapunov function of the closed-loop switching control system is found by choosing design parameters and weights update laws of neural-net appropriately, then the stability of this system is guaranteed. With its application to tiltrotor trajectory tracking control, three sub-controllers are designed based on input-output feedback linearization for helicopter mode, transition mode and airplane mode, which are combined with neural-net online compensation and switching control blending by nacelle angle for all controllers. Simulation results show that this method is robust for plant uncertainties and has a smooth switching characteristic in mode conversions.

Key words: switched nonlinear system, smooth switching, neural networks, tiltrotor, flight control

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