LPV modeling and control for active flutter suppression of a smart airfoil

Ali M.H. Al-Hajjar, Ali Khudhair Al-Jiboory, Sean Shan Min Sweiz, Guoming Zhux

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel technique of linear parameter varying (LPV) modeling and control of a smart airfoil for active flutter suppression is proposed, where the smart airfoil has a groove along its chord and contains a moving mass that is used to control the airfoil pitching and plunging motions. The new LPV modeling technique is proposed that uses mass position as a scheduling parameter to describe the physical constraint of the moving mass, in addition the hard constraint at the boundaries is realized by proper selection of the parameter varying function. Therefore, the position of the moving mass and the free stream airspeed are considered the scheduling parameters in the study. A state-feedback based LPV gain-scheduling controller with guaranteed H performance is presented by utilizing the dynamics of the moving mass as scheduling parameter at a given airspeed. The numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed LPV control architecture by significantly improving the performance while reducing the control effort.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018
EventAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018 - Kissimmee, United States
Duration: 8 Jan 201812 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018

Conference

ConferenceAIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKissimmee
Period8/01/1812/01/18

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