Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault

A backstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control (FTC) scheme is proposed for the altitude and attitude dynamic model of the medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter (UAH) subjected to external disturbance and actuator fault. The external disturbance and actuator fault are integrated i...

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Main Authors: Kun Yan, Mou Chen, Qingxian Wu, Yuhui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:The Journal of Engineering
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Online Access:https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2019.1080
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description A backstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control (FTC) scheme is proposed for the altitude and attitude dynamic model of the medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter (UAH) subjected to external disturbance and actuator fault. The external disturbance and actuator fault are integrated into the medium-scale UAH altitude and attitude dynamic model. Since the actuator fault is uncertain in occurring time instant, the adaptive control approach is adopted to compensate for its negative effect. Meanwhile, the upper bound of external disturbance is estimated and the estimation is employed to design the controller. Based on the backstepping control technique, a robust adaptive FTC law is developed, which guarantees the desired system stability as well as the satisfactory tracking property. Simulation studies verify the effectiveness of the designed controller.
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spelling doaj.art-0be169240c804e958699f653fa389a162022-12-21T22:56:43ZengWileyThe Journal of Engineering2051-33052019-11-0110.1049/joe.2019.1080JOE.2019.1080Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator faultKun Yan0Mou Chen1Qingxian Wu2Yuhui Wang3College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsCollege of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsA backstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control (FTC) scheme is proposed for the altitude and attitude dynamic model of the medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter (UAH) subjected to external disturbance and actuator fault. The external disturbance and actuator fault are integrated into the medium-scale UAH altitude and attitude dynamic model. Since the actuator fault is uncertain in occurring time instant, the adaptive control approach is adopted to compensate for its negative effect. Meanwhile, the upper bound of external disturbance is estimated and the estimation is employed to design the controller. Based on the backstepping control technique, a robust adaptive FTC law is developed, which guarantees the desired system stability as well as the satisfactory tracking property. Simulation studies verify the effectiveness of the designed controller.https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2019.1080control system synthesisadaptive controlrobust controlnonlinear control systemscontrol nonlinearitiesfault tolerant controlhelicoptersuncertain systemsattitude controlactuatorsaircraft controlautonomous aerial vehiclesadaptive flight controlexternal disturbanceactuator faultbackstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control schemeattitude dynamic modelmedium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopteradaptive control approachbackstepping control techniquerobust adaptive ftc lawcontroller designtracking property
spellingShingle Kun Yan
Mou Chen
Qingxian Wu
Yuhui Wang
Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
The Journal of Engineering
control system synthesis
adaptive control
robust control
nonlinear control systems
control nonlinearities
fault tolerant control
helicopters
uncertain systems
attitude control
actuators
aircraft control
autonomous aerial vehicles
adaptive flight control
external disturbance
actuator fault
backstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control scheme
attitude dynamic model
medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter
adaptive control approach
backstepping control technique
robust adaptive ftc law
controller design
tracking property
title Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
title_full Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
title_fullStr Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
title_full_unstemmed Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
title_short Adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
title_sort adaptive flight control for unmanned autonomous helicopter with external disturbance and actuator fault
topic control system synthesis
adaptive control
robust control
nonlinear control systems
control nonlinearities
fault tolerant control
helicopters
uncertain systems
attitude control
actuators
aircraft control
autonomous aerial vehicles
adaptive flight control
external disturbance
actuator fault
backstepping-based robust adaptive fault tolerant control scheme
attitude dynamic model
medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter
adaptive control approach
backstepping control technique
robust adaptive ftc law
controller design
tracking property
url https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2019.1080
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