L₁ Controller Design for a Flying Wing Unmmaned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract:

The paper presents a design method for the control system of a flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV). A modified loop-shaping type configuration is adopted for the controller synthesis such that maneuverability, robustness with respect to modeling uncertainty and sensitivity reduction performances are accomplished. A stabilizing output feedback control law minimizing the $L_1$ norm of the resulting system is determined. The proposed design algorithm is illustrated by a case study.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 436)
• Pages: 18-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.436.18
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Adrian Mihail Stoica
• Keywords: L₁ Control, Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI), Loop-Shaping, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

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