Design and evaluation of a LQR controller for the Bluebird Unmanned Air Vehicle

dc.contributor.advisorKaminer, I.
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Brian T.
dc.contributor.corporateNA
dc.contributor.departmentAeronautical Engineering
dc.contributor.secondreaderNA
dc.dateSeptember, 1994
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T19:00:06Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T19:00:06Z
dc.date.issued1994-09
dc.description.abstractThe modern aerospace controls engineer is provided with a variety of powerful tools to aid in the design and testing of digital flight control systems. The current fiscal environment requires extensive validation of all aerospace based systems through simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing prior to implementation. This work explores the design and evaluation of an Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) for the Bluebird Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Software tools such as MATLAB and MATRIXx are used to evaluate the dynamic stability of the aircraft model and Linear Quadratic Gaussian algorithms are used to obtain the appropriate controller. Graphical design applications such as SIMULINK and SystemBuild are then used to build a visual block diagram model of the aircraft dynamics and link it with the designed controller. Using this model, the control system response to commanded inputs and external disturbances was evaluated.en_US
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dc.description.serviceU.S. Navy (U.S.N.) author.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/designndevaluati1094530934
dc.format.extent76 p.;28 cm.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/30934
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorNAen_US
dc.titleDesign and evaluation of a LQR controller for the Bluebird Unmanned Air Vehicleen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineAeronautical Engineeringen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Aeronautical Engineeringen_US
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