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The present work is related to the design of the control surfaces actuation system that has been installed on a wind tunnel aeroelastic model within the GLAMOUR project. Such a scaled aircraft is equipped with two ailerons and an elevator, used to alleviate vertical gust loads. A control scheme, based on PID regulators, is taken into consideration, thanks to its simplicity. It was tuned through two different methodologies: an unfalsified frequency-based optimization and a Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) approach.
Numerical results are presented, comparing the adopted methodologies, considering both simple input signals and realistic command profiles.
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De Gaspari, A., Toffol, F., Mantegazza, P. et al. Optimal and robust design of a control surface actuation system within the GLAMOUR project. Aerotec. Missili Spaz. 95, 219–231 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03404730
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