Date of Award
12-1995
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Constantine Houpis, PhD
Second Advisor
Meir Pachter, PhD
Abstract
Fault tolerant flight control systems for combat aircraft are an alternative to excessively redundant aircraft designs or reconfigurable control laws. However, due to the range of flight conditions within a combat aircraft's operational flight envelope, the variety of its configurations, and the unavailability of an aerodynamic data base for damaged aircraft, designing fault tolerant systems is a complicated endeavor. Quantitative Feedback Theory is a robust control design technique especially well-suited to manage the structured parametric uncertainty inherent in this problem, and consequently is applied as the primary design tool for this research. Furthermore, realistic failure models are developed for the VISTA F-16 and physical saturation constraints are applied to the control effectors. The ensuing fault tolerant design is subjected to realistic control inputs and validated with the applicable MILSTD specifications.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GE-ENG-95D-04
DTIC Accession Number
ADA312406
Recommended Citation
Cacciatore, Vicent J., "A Quantitative Feedback Theory FCS Design for the Subsonic Envelope of the Vista F-16 Including Configuration Variation and Aerodynamic Control Effector Failures" (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 6187.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6187