A fly-by-wire rudder control system design using multiobjective optimization.

• Autor(a) principal: Bernardo Reis Dreyer de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do ITA
• Texto Completo: http://www.bd.bibl.ita.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1212
• topic: Otimização de pareto; Sistemas hidráulicos de aeronaves; Controle de pilotagem por fios; Superfícies de controle; Modelos matemáticos; Simulação computadorizada; Engenharia aeronáutica

This work aims to demonstrate an approach to design a fly-by-wire mobile surface control system for a commercial jet employing multiobjective optimization techniques. This approach consists on sizing a set of design parameters of the control system based on model simulation and response analysis coupled with optimization algorithms in a multiobjective design environment. An overview on control surface systems is presented, focusing on fly-by-wire. To provide the theoretical basis, a review on optimization theory and methods is presented, as well it is developed the system mathematical model. The system in focus is of electro-hydraulic actuation, where a controller acts on a servo valve, that commands an actuator for positioning control of an aircraft rudder. The design approach was to optimize a set of system components parameters, such as controller gains, servo valve and hydraulic actuator parameters, that result in adequate workloads and produce a system that meets the design requirements and is cost-effective. The model, to be simulated and analyzed, is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink, from where the system response characteristics are passed to the optimization environment. A multiobjective genetic algorithm is applied, and as a result from the optimization process we obtain a Pareto set, from where an optimal design is chosen for a detailed analysis.