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Comparative Assessment of the Performances of LQR and SMC Methodologies in the Control of Longitudinal Axis of Aircraft

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The automatic flight control system of an aircraft is very complicated in nature with lot of logics and operational constraints. The study of the detailed automatic flight control and thrust control involves complicated logics for the control functions with closed loop control systems which can be realized in the software. The work is focused on the redesign of automatic flight control system using robust control methods in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. This paper aims at a complete study, analysis, design, and performance monitoring of new generation autopilot system using linear quadratic regulator (LQR) and sliding mode control (SMC) methods for the control of pitch angle of aircraft. A comparison of the results of simulation of the above gives an optimal performance of the autopilot system.

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  1. ICE Department, G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad, India

    V. Rajeswari

  2. EEE Department, Noorul Islam University, Kanyakumari, India

    L Padma Suresh

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  1. Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Tamil Nadu, India

    L. Padma Suresh

  2. IIT Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi

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Rajeswari, V., Padma Suresh, L. (2016). Comparative Assessment of the Performances of LQR and SMC Methodologies in the Control of Longitudinal Axis of Aircraft. In: Suresh, L., Panigrahi, B. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 397. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2671-0_46

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