AE 582 Robust Control in Aerospace Systems

Homework 2

Handed out: October 17th , 2012

Due: October 31st , 2012

Pitch attitude of an aircraft is represented as G . Note that,

here, the first term represents the rigid body rotation and the second term is a
flexible mode. Also assume that the transfer function for the gyroscope is
.

1) Use loop-shaping technique to design a controller to satisfy the

requirements given below.
2) Check the relations between Smax and Phase margin and Gain margin
for your design.

Td

θcmd +
_ K G θ

Gsens

Controller Design Requirements:

1) Closed-loop system should have zero steady state response to a step

torque disturbance Td.
2) Bandwidth of the closed loop should be at least 0.4 rad/s.
3) Gain Margin should be greater than 6dB and Phase Margin should be
greater than 60 deg.