title: A comprehensive robust adaptive controller for gust load alleviation.
abstract: The objective of this paper is the implementation and validation of an adaptive controller for aircraft gust load alleviation. The contribution of this paper is the design of a robust controller that guarantees the reduction of the gust loads, even when the nominal conditions change. Some preliminary results are presented, considering the symmetric aileron deflection as control device. The proposed approach is validated on subsonic transport aircraft for different mass and flight conditions. Moreover, if the controller parameters are tuned for a specific gust model, even if the gust frequency changes, no parameter retuning is required.
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed Aerospaziale, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9364-5817
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capello
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed Aerospaziale, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6455-5062
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guglieri
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed Aerospaziale, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Fulvia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quagliotti
mesh_terms: D001359:Aviation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical