The control of rolling maneuver

  • Eva Kaslik
  • Agneta M. Balint
  • Constantin Chilarescu
  • Stefan Balint

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to give a control technique for the constant-control rolling maneuver. For this purpose, the real steady states of the equations of motion of a flying vehicle are organized in branches. Using Liapunov stability and non stability theorems as well as the stable-manifold theorem, the real steady states of a branch are classified in asymptotically stable, partially asymptotically stable (i.e. for the linearized system in this point there exist eigenvalues with negative real part as well as eigenvalues with positive real part) and repulsive steady states. Constant-control rolling maneuvers are found which lead the vehicle from a real steady state to an asymptotically stable or partially asymptotically stable real steady state. For the "Automatic Flight Experiment" (ALFLEX) model plane [3]-[4], which is a reduced scale model of an unmanned orbiting spacecraft and has the same magnitude of $i_3$ as that of the F100A fighter, numerical results and maneuver simulations are presented.
Published
2002-11-01
Section
Articles