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A design approach for the systematic synthesis of rotorcraft control laws |
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| Abstract: This paper presents an approach to the systematic synthesis of fixed-structure control laws for rotorcraft. The proposed approach enables the design of attitude controllers capable of stabilizing helicopter dynamics across multiple flight conditions, from hover to high-speed flight. The approach leverages multi-objective structured H-infinity synthesis on a model representative of a helicopter's attitude dynamics. Both hard and soft performance requirements are considered, taken from standard design literature, including disk margins and constraints on the sensitivity function to manage inter-axis coupling. An illustrative case demonstrates the tool's capability to achieve satisfactory closed-loop performance, validating its potential for rotorcraft control law design and certification support. | ||||
| Keywords: Flight Control Laws; H-infinity synthesis; Rotorcraft control | ||||
 View PDF CEAS-GNC-2026-087 doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-087 |
| Pietro Bruschi, Marco Lovera: A design approach for the systematic synthesis of rotorcraft control laws. Proceedings of the 2026 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Madrid, Spain. May 2026. doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-087. |
| BibTeX entry (UTF-8): @Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2026-087, author = {Bruschi, Pietro and Lovera, Marco}, title = {A design approach for the systematic synthesis of rotorcraft control laws}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference}, address = {Madrid, Spain}, month = may, year = {2026}, doi = {10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-087} } |