Flight testing automatic landing control for unmanned aircraft including curved approaches

N Sedlmair, J Theis, F Thielecke - Journal of guidance, control, and …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Automatic landing of aircraft is a challenging guidance and control task that requires multiple
feedback loops and a precise sequence of actions. Increasing operational flexibility and …

Structured control design for a highly flexible flutter demonstrator

M Pusch, D Ossmann, T Luspay - Aerospace, 2019 - mdpi.com
The model-based flight control system design for a highly flexible flutter demonstrator,
developed in the European FLEXOP project, is presented. The flight control system includes …

Finite-Horizon Robustness Analysis of an Automatic Landing System Under Probabilistic Uncertainty

LL Evangelisti, H Pfifer - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper demonstrates the utility of novel probabilistic robustness analysis tools on an
industry-sized autolanding system of a civil transport aircraft. The closed-loop aircraft model …

Observer-based LPV control with anti-windup compensation: A flight control example

J Theis, N Sedlmair, F Thielecke, H Pfifer - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
A low-complexity anti-windup compensation scheme for linear parameter-varying (LPV)
controllers is proposed in this paper. Anti-windup compensation usually increases …

Linear Parameter Varying Controller Design For Satellite Attitude Control

E Burgin, F Biertümpfel, H Pfifer - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a systematic linear parameter varying (LPV) control approach for the 3-
axis attitude control of an Earth-observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The …

Baseline flight control system design for an unmanned flutter demonstrator

D Ossmann, T Luspay, B Vanek - 2019 IEEE Aerospace …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A comprehensive design of the baseline control and navigation system for a single-jet-
engined flutter demonstrator aircraft is presented in this paper. To facilitate the design task, a …

Combining Stable Inversion and H Synthesis for Trajectory Tracking and Disturbance Rejection Control of Civil Aircraft Autolanding

X Wang, Y Sang, G Zhou - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The landing phase during a flight probably is the most dangerous part, as most of the
accidents occur in this phase. A robust trajectory tracking controller is presented to autoland …

Data-driven learning algorithm to predict full-field aerodynamics of large structures subject to crosswinds

X Chen, B Yin, Z Yuan, G Yang, Q Li, S Sun, Y Wei - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Quick and high-fidelity updates about aerodynamic loads of large-scale structures, from
trains, planes, and automobiles to many civil infrastructures, serving under the influence of a …

Design and experimental validation of UAV control laws-3D spline-path-following and easy-handling remote control

N Sedlmair, J Theis, F Thielecke - CEAS EuroGNC 2019, 2019 - eurognc.ceas.org
A complete flight control architecture with two different operating modes is developed for a
24.6 kg UAV. The first control mode provides easy-handling of the UAV for a remote pilot …

Autonomous flight cycles and extreme landings of airliners beyond the current limits and capabilities using artificial neural networks

H Baomar, PJ Bentley - Applied Intelligence, 2021 - Springer
Abstract We describe the Intelligent Autopilot System (IAS), a fully autonomous autopilot
capable of piloting large jets such as airliners by learning from experienced human pilots …