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Legacy recovery and robust augmentation structured design for the VEGA launcher
Author(s) -
NavarroTapia D.,
Marcos A.,
Simplício P.,
Bennani S.,
Roux C.
Publication year - 2019
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/rnc.4557
Subject(s) - robustness (evolution) , parametric statistics , robust control , control theory (sociology) , computer science , control engineering , singular value , nonlinear system , monte carlo method , engineering , control system , control (management) , mathematics , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , chemistry , statistics , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , physics , gene , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering
Summary This paper presents a systematic robust control framework based on the structuredH ∞approach to address the synthesis of the atmospheric ascent‐flight control system of a launch vehicle. To introduce this synthesis framework, the control problem is first formulated to recover the classically designed baseline rigid‐body controller of the actual VEGA launcher VV05 mission. This legacy recovery builds the necessary background for a good understanding of the problem and increases confidence for its transfer to the Space industry. Subsequently, it is shown how to systematically augment the robustness of the design from the synthesis stage against wind turbulence perturbations and parametric uncertainty. The resulting controller is verified via classical stability margins and robust structured singular value analyses and finally validated using nonlinear, time‐domain simulations in a Monte Carlo campaign. It is highlighted that this robust synthesis framework allows to obtain a controller with improved robust stability and global performance, and more importantly, it provides a more systematic methodology for design.