Mathematics – Optimization and Control
Scientific paper
2009-05-18
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol.33 no.2 (440-453), 2010
Mathematics
Optimization and Control
This paper has been withdrawn by the authors. new improved results with 6DOF flight control of tailless flapping-wing aircraft
Scientific paper
10.2514/1.45311
This article presents a new control approach and a dynamic model for engineered flapping flight with many interacting degrees of freedom. This paper explores the applications of neurobiologically inspired control systems in the form of Central Pattern Generators (CPG) to control flapping flight dynamics. A rigorous mathematical and control theoretic framework to design complex three dimensional wing motions is presented based on phase synchronization of nonlinear oscillators. In particular, we show the flapping flying dynamics without a tail or traditional aerodynamic control surfaces can be effectively controlled by a reduced set of CPG parameters that generate phase-synchronized or symmetry-breaking oscillatory motions of two main wings. Furthermore, by using Hopf bifurcation, we show that tailless aircraft alternating between flapping and gliding can be effectively stabilized by smooth wing motions driven by the CPG network. Results of numerical simulation with a full six degree-of-freedom flight dynamic model validate the effectiveness of the proposed neurobiologically inspired control approach.
Chung Soon-Jo
Dorothy Michael
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