Electronics and Control

Envelope Protection Control for Maneuver Flight Based on Multi-regulator Sliding Mode Control Switch Approach

  • YE Hui ,
  • CHEN Mou ,
  • WU Qingxian
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  • College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China

Received date: 2014-02-20

  Revised date: 2014-04-21

  Online published: 2014-05-13

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (61374212, 61174102); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (SBK20130033); Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20133218110013)

Abstract

In the maneuver flight of the aircraft, some key flight parameters may exceed their limitations easily. To solve this problem, a flight envelope protection controller is designed based on multi-regulator sliding mode control switch strategy. The controller contains a series of sliding mode regulators which are switched by a max/min selector. Firstly, positive invariance of the constraint set and convergence of the system are proved rigorously. Meanwhile, an intuitional method is proposed to determine the point of convergence by transforming the system to the controllable canonical form. Secondly, the stability of the closed loop system is analyzed by introducing the method of piecewise linear sliding mode and piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function. Then, the design procedures of the maneuvering envelope protection controller are presented. Finally simulation results show that the developed controller can ensure that key flight parameters do not exceed their limitations and the controlled output can track its commands well during maneuver flight of the aircraft.

Cite this article

YE Hui , CHEN Mou , WU Qingxian . Envelope Protection Control for Maneuver Flight Based on Multi-regulator Sliding Mode Control Switch Approach[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2014 , 35(12) : 3358 -3370 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2014.0067

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