Project Title:
Computer-Aided Design Software for Integrated Flight/Propulsion Control System Design
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Computer-Aided Design Software for Integrated Flight/Propulsion
Control System Design
Abstract:
The importance of integrated flight/propulsion control systems in
enhancing the performance of STOVL aircraft and the future
hypersonic aircraft has been recognized by researchers at NASA
and other aerospace research centers. Proposed research will
identify the role of integrated flight/propulsion control systems
for improving the performance existing transport and high
performance aircraft. Design algorithms for integrated
flight/propulsion system control will be set up to form the basis
for a computer-aided design software. Robust linear control
techniques based on centralized control design followed by
controller partitioning technique pioneered at NASA LeRC,
together with decentralized design methods, and methods based on
multiple time-scale analysis and feedback linearization will be
included. During Phase II, these algorithms will be used for
synthesize a computer-aided design package useful for integrated
flight/propulsion control system development by the aerospace
industry.
Integrated flight/propulsion control systems have the potential
for improving the performance and safety of existing aircraft,
and will also find significant use in high angle of attack
aircraft, high speed civil transport, and in the hypersonic
aircraft program. Design methods and software developed under the
proposed SBIR program will contribute towards the continued
leadership of the U. S. aircraft industry.
The software developed under the present research will find
extensive use in the design of control systems containing several
complex subsystems. Semiconductor process control and, control of
flexible manufacturing systems are two typical examples of such
systems.
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