Distributed Formation control of multiple aircraft using constraint forces Export

@inproceedings{Zou2008Distributed, abstract = {A new approach for formation flight control of multiple aircraft is presented. Constraint forces are used to derive the dynamics of a constrained, multi-body system. A stable, distributed control algorithm is designed based on the information flow graph for a group of aircraft. The aircraft will achieve a particular formation while ensuring accurate navigation of the entire group. It is assumed that uncertainty exists in the drag coefficient of each aircraft. An adaptation algorithm is developed to compensate for the uncertainty and estimate the drag coefficient. The advantage of the proposed distributed control algorithm is that it allows the addition/removal of other aircraft into/from the formation seamlessly with simple modifications of the control input. Furthermore, the algorithm provides inherent scalability. Simulations were conducted to verify the proposed approach.}, author = {Zou, Yunfei and Pagilla, P. R. and Ratliff, R. T.}, booktitle = {American Control Conference, 2008}, citeulike-article-id = {3399536}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4586565}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565}, comment = {Formation flight by adding constraint forces to the external forces (drag etc) acting on the aircraft. The same controller that would handle autonomous flight model can be used to keep formation. Constraint function: φ\_ij(q\_ij) = h(k\_qi − q\_jk, d\_ij), (i, j) ∈ E where d\_ij is the length of the edge (i, j) which is the desired distance between the two aircraft in the formation. The structural constraint can be expressed as φ\_ij(q\_ij) = 0.}, doi = {10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565}, journal = {American Control Conference, 2008}, keywords = {classical-control, constraint-forces, formation-flight}, pages = {644--649}, posted-at = {2008-10-13 09:28:50}, priority = {0}, title = {Distributed Formation control of multiple aircraft using constraint forces}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - Zou2008Distributed L3 - citeulike-article-id:3399536 N2 - A new approach for formation flight control of multiple aircraft is presented. Constraint forces are used to derive the dynamics of a constrained, multi-body system. A stable, distributed control algorithm is designed based on the information flow graph for a group of aircraft. The aircraft will achieve a particular formation while ensuring accurate navigation of the entire group. It is assumed that uncertainty exists in the drag coefficient of each aircraft. An adaptation algorithm is developed to compensate for the uncertainty and estimate the drag coefficient. The advantage of the proposed distributed control algorithm is that it allows the addition/removal of other aircraft into/from the formation seamlessly with simple modifications of the control input. Furthermore, the algorithm provides inherent scalability. Simulations were conducted to verify the proposed approach. JF - American Control Conference, 2008 EP - 649 TI - Distributed Formation control of multiple aircraft using constraint forces T2 - American Control Conference, 2008 SP - 644 KW - classical-control KW - constraint-forces KW - formation-flight N1 - Formation flight by adding constraint forces to the external forces (drag etc) acting on the aircraft. The same controller that would handle autonomous flight model can be used to keep formation. Constraint function: φ_ij(q_ij) = h(k_qi − q_jk, d_ij), (i, j) ∈ E where d_ij is the length of the edge (i, j) which is the desired distance between the two aircraft in the formation. The structural constraint can be expressed as φ_ij(q_ij) = 0. AU - Zou, Yunfei AU - Pagilla, PR AU - Ratliff, RT PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565 ER -