AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006, Keystone, CO, United States Of America, 21 - 24 August 2006, vol.5, pp.3017-3028
This paper presents an adaptive control approach for pitch control of a one degree-of-freedom wing using imbedded flow control actuators. Such actuators offer a unique opportunity for rapid maneuvering and gust rejection with low power consumption. The proposed adaptive non-model based control approach is motivated by the difficulty in constructing a reasonably accurate physical model of active flow control actuators. In addition, during dynamic maneuvers, possible interactions between unsteady fluid dynamics and vehicle dynamics introduce additional uncertainty. The control architecture employs a neural network based adaptive element that permits adaptation to both parametric uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics. Wind tunnel experimental results and controller implementation details are presented.