A GAIN-SCHEDULING APPROACH FOR AIRSHIP PATH-TRACKING

Alexandra Moutinho, José Raul Azinheira

2006

Abstract

In this paper a gain scheduled optimal controller is designed to solve the path-tracking problem of an airship. The control law is obtained from a coupled linear model of the airship that allows to control the longitudinal and lateral motions simultaneously. Due to the importance of taking into account wind effects, which are rather important due to the airship large volume, the wind is included in the kinematics, and the dynamics is expressed as function of the air velocity. Two examples are presented with the inclusion of wind, one considering a constant wind input and the other considering in addition a 3D turbulent gust, demonstrating the effectiveness of this single controller tracking a reference path over the entire flight envelope.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Moutinho A. and Azinheira J. (2006). A GAIN-SCHEDULING APPROACH FOR AIRSHIP PATH-TRACKING . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-60-3, pages 82-88. DOI: 10.5220/0001219800820088

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco06,
author={Alexandra Moutinho and José Raul Azinheira},
title={A GAIN-SCHEDULING APPROACH FOR AIRSHIP PATH-TRACKING},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2006},
pages={82-88},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001219800820088},
isbn={978-972-8865-60-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - A GAIN-SCHEDULING APPROACH FOR AIRSHIP PATH-TRACKING
SN - 978-972-8865-60-3
AU - Moutinho A.
AU - Azinheira J.
PY - 2006
SP - 82
EP - 88
DO - 10.5220/0001219800820088