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Learning Control of Tandem-Wing Tilt-Rotor UAV with Unsteady Aerodynamic Model

Govdeli, Yunus; Bin Muzaffar, Sheikh Moheed; Raj, Raunak; Elhadidi, Basman; Kayacan, Erdal

Authors

Yunus Govdeli

Sheikh Moheed Bin Muzaffar

Raunak Raj

Basman Elhadidi

Erdal Kayacan



Abstract

This paper presents a novel transition flight mathematical model of tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles and demonstrates an application of a novel learning controller on the developed model. Instead of conventional steady aerodynamic models, an unsteady aerodynamic model capable of representing rapid changes in the air flow is developed for the tilt-rotor transition flight. The vehicle is controlled by a neuro-fuzzy learning controller, consisting of a type-2 fuzzy neural network and a proportional-derivative controller. Its results are compared with the results of proportional-integral-derivative controllers. It is evident from the results that the learning controller is capable of capturing the rapid changes in the aerodynamics and outperforms its nonlearning counterpart under perturbed conditions.

Citation

Govdeli, Y., Bin Muzaffar, S. M., Raj, R., Elhadidi, B., & Kayacan, E. (2019). Learning Control of Tandem-Wing Tilt-Rotor UAV with Unsteady Aerodynamic Model. . https://doi.org/10.1109/fuzz-ieee.2019.8859023

Conference Name 2019 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE)
Conference Location New Orleans, LA, USA
Start Date Jun 23, 2019
End Date Jun 26, 2019
Publication Date 2019-06
Deposit Date Nov 20, 2023
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/fuzz-ieee.2019.8859023