Flexible kiteplane modeling and control with an unsteady aerodynamic model

Ryan James Caverly; James Richard Forbes

doi:10.1109/ACC.2016.7526141

Flexible kiteplane modeling and control with an unsteady aerodynamic model

Ryan James Caverly
, James Richard Forbes

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Abstract

This paper considers dynamic modeling and control of a flexible kiteplane used for wind-energy harvesting. Each component of the kiteplane is modeled separately and is then constrained to the other components using the null-space method. The flexible wings are modeled as thin plates with bending and torsional stiffness. An unsteady aerodynamic model is included to increase the fidelity of the simulation under transient conditions. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) attitude control law is implemented that uses the direction cosine matrix (DCM) directly and proportional-integral (PI) control is used to track a desired tether reel-in rate. Numerical simulation of the closed-loop system demonstrate the kiteplane's ability to harvest wind energy.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	4972-4977
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467386821
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2016.7526141
State	Published - Jul 28 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016 - Boston, United States Duration: Jul 6 2016 → Jul 8 2016

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Name	Proceedings of the American Control Conference
Volume	2016-July
ISSN (Print)	0743-1619

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Other	2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	7/6/16 → 7/8/16

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Flexible kiteplane modeling and control with an unsteady aerodynamic model. / Caverly, Ryan James; Forbes, James Richard.
2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 4972-4977 7526141 (Proceedings of the American Control Conference; Vol. 2016-July).

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Caverly, RJ & Forbes, JR 2016, Flexible kiteplane modeling and control with an unsteady aerodynamic model. in 2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016., 7526141, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, vol. 2016-July, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 4972-4977, 2016 American Control Conference, ACC 2016, Boston, United States, 7/6/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2016.7526141

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