Closed-Loop Aeromechanical Stability of Hingeless Rotor Helicopters with Higher Harmonic Control

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Lovera ◽  
Patrizio Colaneri ◽  
Carlos Malpica ◽  
Roberto Celi
Author(s):  
Byeonguk Im ◽  
Changbae Lee ◽  
YoungJung Kee ◽  
Sangjoon Shin

Abstract A linear quadratic Gaussian controller for active vibratory loads reduction in helicopters is proposed based on a revisited higher harmonic control input by active trailing-edge flaps. Conventional individual blade control input is redefined using N-1/rev inter-blade phase lead, N/rev collective, and N+1/rev inter-blade phase lag signals where 1/rev frequency modulation originate from the multi-blade coordinate transform. A Mach-scaled flap blade is designed and analyzed by the multi-body dynamics analysis DYMORE. A linear time-invariant representation is identified from N/rev envelopes of the input and output responses obtained by DYMORE analysis. A MATLAB/Simulink closed-loop control simulation is designed using the identified state-space realization. The N/rev vibratory loads are reduced up to 52% with flap deflections and the linear control results match well with the nonlinear responses obtained from DYMORE. Furthermore, the multi-variable closed-loop stability estimated by the loop transfer functions using disk margin analysis reveals sufficient gain and phase margins.


1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khanh Nguyen ◽  
Inderjit Chopra

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Wolf R. Splettstoesser ◽  
Klaus‐J. Schultz ◽  
Roland Kube ◽  
Thomas F. Brooks ◽  
Earl R. Booth ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rendy P. Cheng ◽  
Colin R. Theodore ◽  
Roberto Celi

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