Presented at ECC'97, July 1997.
Design and Development of a Wind Tunnel Model for High Angle of
Attack Active Control Experiments
G. Papageorgiou and K. Glover
Abstract
Aircraft that are able to fly at high angles
of attack are very maneuverable. There are a number of interesting
control problems associated with fighters performing PST maneuvers. A
wind tunnel model was built to help develop and evaluate control law
design methods. The rig design is described in some detail. Some open
loop features of the model that restrict the achievable closed loop
performance are presented. The use of H-infinity loop-shaping to
design controllers for the rig is motivated. A preliminary controller
design is presented and tested in simulation.