Design of a Robust Gain Scheduled Controller for the High Incidence Research Model

Presented at GNCC'99, August 1999.

Design of a Robust Gain Scheduled Controller for the High Incidence Research Model

G. Papageorgiou and K. Glover

Abstract

In this paper, a robust gain scheduled controller is designed for the longitudinal dynamics of the High Incidence Research Model (HIRM) that was used in the design challenge set-up by the Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in EURope (GARTEUR). The robust gain scheduled controller is designed using a ``quasi-LPV'' model of the longitudinal dynamics of the HIRM that accurately captures the nonlinear behaviour of the HIRM, the robust gain scheduling method based on parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions, and H-infinity loop shaping. The performance of the designed flight controller is very satisfactory.

This paper is the conference version of the journal paper:
G. Papageorgiou and K. Glover, "Design of a robust gain scheduled controller for the High Incidence Research Model.", Accepted for publication in the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, July 1999.