Accurate Tracking Control of Autonomous Aerial Refueling Receiver Under Complex Wind Field Disturbances

Wenbi Zhao, Yaohong Qu

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Abstract

In this paper, the accurate tracking control of UAV in the docking process of autonomous aerial refueling is studied deeply. Firstly, considering that the atmospheric wind field and the wake vortex generated by the tanker aircraft in the process of autonomous refueling close formation have adverse effects on the accurate tracking control of the UAV, a nonlinear dynamics model of the UAV in the wind field environment is established. An observer based on sliding mode theory is proposed to obtained the wind disturbances and system parameter uncertainties of UAV. Based on the observer, super twisting sliding mode theory is introduced to design the flight controller of UAV and realize the accurate tracking control of UAV. Numerical simulation results verify the effectiveness of the designed control system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Guidance, Navigation and Control - Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control
EditorsLiang Yan, Haibin Duan, Yimin Deng, Liang Yan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages5821-5829
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9789811966125
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2022 - Harbin, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20227 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume845 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period5/08/227/08/22

Keywords

  • Autonomous aerial refueling
  • Sliding mode observer
  • Super twisting sliding mode control
  • UAV

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