Piecewise linear control allocation for flying wing UAV

Peng Wang, Zhou Zhou

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Abstract

A piecewise linear control allocation approach was presented for the solution of the non-linear control allocation problem for flying wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The presented approach utilizes the piecewise linear assumption for the control effector moment data. This assumption allows the non-linear control allocation problem to be cast as a piecewise linear program. In order to solve the piecewise linear program, it was re-formulated as a mixed-integer linear program. The discussed mixed-integer linear programs were implemented in a nonlinear Simulink simulation of a flying wing UAV landing phase. The analysis of the simulation results showed that the piecewise linear program approach results in improved tracking performance when compared to a more traditional control allocation approach that uses a linear approximation of the control moments, especially when the aircraft is subjected to control effector failures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSecond International Conference on Space Information Technology
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2nd International Conference on Space Information Technology - Wuhan, China
Duration: 10 Nov 200711 Nov 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6795
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Space Information Technology
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period10/11/0711/11/07

Keywords

  • Control allocation
  • Flying wing UAV
  • Piecewise linear
  • Simulation

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