Distributed formation control of multiple aircraft using constraint forces Conference Paper

abstract

• A new approach for formation flight control of multiple aircraft is presented. Constraint forces are used to derive the dynamics of a constrained, multi-body system. A stable, distributed control algorithm is designed based on the information flow graph for a group of aircraft. The aircraft will achieve a particular formation while ensuring accurate navigation of the entire group. It is assumed that uncertainty exists in the drag coefficient of each aircraft. An adaptation algorithm is developed to compensate for the uncertainty and estimate the drag coefficient. The advantage of the proposed distributed control algorithm is that it allows the addition/removal of other aircraft into/from the formation seamlessly with simple modifications of the control input. Furthermore, the algorithm provides inherent scalability. Simulations were conducted to verify the proposed approach. 2008 AACC.

name of conference

• 2008 American Control Conference

authors

• Pagilla, Prabhakar

published proceedings

• 2008 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-12

author list (cited authors)

• Zou, Y., Pagilla, P. R., & Ratliff, R. T.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Zou, Yunfei||Pagilla, Prabhakar R||Ratliff, Ryan T

publication date

• June 2008

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. American Control Conference  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4001 Aerospace Engineering
• 46 Information And Computing Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/ACC.2008.4586565

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1-4244-2078-0

start page

• 644

end page

• +

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/acc.2008.4586565