Active control using control allocation for UAVs with seamless morphing wing

Zheng-jie Wang; Yin-di Sun; Da-qing Yang; Shi-jun Guo

doi:10.1117/12.923311

12 April 2012 Active control using control allocation for UAVs with seamless morphing wing

Zheng-jie Wang, Yin-di Sun, Da-qing Yang, Shi-jun Guo

Proceedings Volume 8409, Third International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 84091X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923311
Event: Third International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2011, Shenzhen, China

Abstract

In this paper, a small seamless morphing wing aircraft of MTOW=51 kg is investigated. The leading edge (LE) and trailing edge (TE) control surfaces are positioned in the wing section in span wise. Based on the studying results of aeroelastic wing characteristics, the controller should be designed depending on the flight speed. Compared with a wing of rigid hinged aileron, the morphing wing produces the rolling moment by deflecting the flexible TE and LE surfaces. An iteration method of pseudo-inverse allocation and quadratic programming allocation within the constraints of actuators have be investigated to solve the nonlinear control allocation caused by the aerodynamics of the effectors. The simulation results will show that the control method based on control allocation can achieve the control target.

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Zheng-jie Wang, Yin-di Sun, Da-qing Yang, and Shi-jun Guo "Active control using control allocation for UAVs with seamless morphing wing", Proc. SPIE 8409, Third International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 84091X (12 April 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.923311

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