Flight Test Comparison of Different Adaptive Augmentations for Fault Tolerant for a Modified F-15. Meeting Presentation AIAA-2009-2056, Research and Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Burken, John and Hanson, Curtis and Lee, James A. and Kaneshige, John (2009) Flight Test Comparison of Different Adaptive Augmentations for Fault Tolerant for a Modified F-15. Meeting Presentation AIAA-2009-2056, Research and Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
This report describes the improvements and enhancements to a neural network–based approach for directly adapting to aerodynamic changes resulting from damage or failures. This research is a follow-on effort to flight tests performed on the NASA F-15 aircraft as part of the Intelligent Flight Control System research effort. Previous flight test results demonstrated the potential for performance improvement under destabilizing damage conditions. Little or no improvement was provided under simulated control surface failures, however, and the adaptive system was prone to pilot-induced oscillations. An improved controller was designed to reduce the occurrence of pilot-induced oscillations and increase robustness to failures in general. This report presents an analysis of the neural networks used in the previous flight test, the improved adaptive controller, and the baseline case with no adaptation. Flight test results demonstrate significant improvement in performance by using the new adaptive controller compared with the previous adaptive system and the baseline system for control surface failures.
| EPrint Type: | Other |
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| Keywords: | Adaptive reconfiguration controls Neural networks |
| Subjects: | (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (05) Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Aircraft/Project: F-15 |
| ID Code: | 1962 |
| Deposited On: | 15 April 2009 |
| Additional Information: | 17 pages. Presented at the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, Washington, April 6-9, 2009. |
