Global stabilization of a PVTOL aircraft with bounded thrust

Design methods for the flight control of the Planar Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft model

Description

Here I have presented SIMULINK models that support the work of I. Fantoni, A. Zavala, and R. Lozano (which is included in the archive).

There are 3 models in the archive:
1) model with unbounded inputs
2) model with thrust saturation input bound U=4 (PVTOL1.mdl)
3) model with thrust saturation input bound U=2 (PVTOL2.mdl)

Abstract:
Global stabilizing control design is proposed for the planar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft. The
methodology is based on the use of nonlinear combinations of saturation functions bounding the thrust input
to arbitrary saturation limits. The algorithm is simple and provides global convergence of the state to the origin.

• Required Products: Simulink
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 6.5 (R13)