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DESIGN OF AN AIR‐TO‐AIR AUTOMATIC REFUELING FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM USING QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY
Author(s) -
Pachter M.,
Houpis C. H.,
Trosen D. W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of robust and nonlinear control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-1239
pISSN - 1049-8923
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1239(199706)7:6<561::aid-rnc291>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - quantitative feedback theory , parametric statistics , position (finance) , engineering , nonlinear system , control system , control engineering , automatic control , feedback loop , air traffic control , control (management) , robust control , control theory (sociology) , computer science , aerospace engineering , computer security , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , finance , quantum mechanics , economics
Quantitative feedback theory is developed for the design of an automatic station‐keeping flight control system to regulate the position of an aircraft receiving fuel relative to the tanker aircraft during air‐to‐air refueling. A robust flight control system is designed for automating the station‐keeping task. A simple outer loop feedback control system is developed that achieves stable position regulation in the presence of wind gusts and fuel transfer related disturbances. The modelling and analysis clearly show the usefulness of QFT in the design of flight control systems for aircraft with large structured parametric uncertainty. Linear and nonlinear simulations are performed to validate the design. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper was produced under the auspices of the US government and it is therefore not subject to copyright in the US.