AE 582 Robust Control in Aerospace Systems

Fall 2012

Instructor: Volkan Nalbantoğlu

Phone: 847-5300 (4656)
e-mail: vnalbant@aselsan.com.tr

Course objectives:
In this course, robust controller synthesis and analysis techniques will be covered for linear multivariable
dynamic systems. The emphasis of the course will be on the quantitative description of uncertainty
models for dynamic systems. The concepts of robust stability and robust performance will be defined.
Controller synthesis and analysis for systems with a given level of uncertainty using H∞ and Structured
Singular Value () techniques will be introduced. These techniques will be applied to aerospace and
mechanical systems such as missiles, aircraft and flexible structures.

Outline:
 Reasons for using feedback and its restrictions, review of classical control, frequency domain design
methods (Nyquist plot, Bode plot, lead-lag compensation), robustness measures (gain and phase
margin).
 Mathematical Background: Signals and systems, H2 and H∞ spaces, 2-norm and -norm, singular
value decomposition, Linear Fractional Transformations (LFT)
 Representation of Uncertainty: Sources of uncertainty, parametric, additive and multiplicative
uncertainty descriptions
 Robust stability and robust performance concepts
 Matlab and control design toolboxes (mu-tools and robust control toolbox)
 Robustness Analysis: Singular value techniques, Small gain theorem, Structured Singular Value
 State observers/estimators, Kalman Filter, H∞ filter, Riccati Equations
 Full state feedback, H2 and H∞ synthesis.
 Design case studies

Prerequisites:
AE 384 (or a similar classical control course) and AE 483 (or a similar linear systems course). Any
student who has not formally completed these prerequisites should see the instructor before the second
class.

Lecture Hours:
Wednesdays: 17:40 – 20:10 at the Department of Aerospace Engineering in Room 124

Grading:
Homework: 20%
Midterm: 50%
Project: 30%

References:
 S. Skogestad, I. Postlethwaite, “Multivariable Feedback Control”, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
 K. Zhou and J. C. Doyle: “Essentials of Robust Control”, Prentice Hall, 1998
 M. Green and D.J.N. Limebeer, “ Linear Robust Control”, Prentice Hall, 1995.
 H. Ozbay, “Introduction to Feedback Control Theory” , CRC Press LCC, 1999.
 J. Doyle, B. Francis, and A. Tannenbaum, “Feedback Control Theory”, Macmillan inc., 1992.