26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-5.7.2

TRAJECTORY CONTROL IMPROVEMENT BASED ON A NONLINEAR DYNAMIC INVERSION APPROACH

L. Höcht, F. Holzapfel, G. Sachs
TU Munich, Germany

Keywords: trajectory control, control objective conflict resolution, dynamic inversion, path loop, total energy, total force

A trajectory control improvement approach is presented which is based on nonlinear dynamic inversion. Reference is made to a physical interpretation of the point mass dynamics of the aircraft. As a result, it is possible to implement effective envelope protections and to develop a physically motivated resolution of control conflicts.

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