This thesis presents the design of various controllers for a highly maneuverable,
high performance aircraft, namely the modified F-18. The aircraft
was required to perform high angle-of-attack maneuvers, for which the aircraft
behaves in as a highly nonlinear system. An adaptive PID controller
was used to control the aircraft through these high angle-of-attack maneuvers.
Several nonlinear controllers were then developed based on the adaptive PID
control, and were tested for robustness. This thesis also looks at an improvement
in the aircraft which may improve performance in high angle-of-attack
maneuvers.
The contributions of this thesis are in the areas of control, in general, and
specifically in the area of aircraft control. Successful application of linear
adaptive control and nonlinear control were presented. In the area of aircraft
control, controllers were presented which produce good performance for high
angle-of-attack maneuvers, while maintaining implementability. Also, some
insight is gained into what aircraft changes could improve performance. / Graduation date: 1995
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/35260 |
| Date | 09 December 1994 |
| Creators | Bean, Ronnie A. |
| Contributors | Mohler, Ronald R. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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