Reusable Launch Vehicle lateral control design on suborbital reentry

This paper presents the lateral/directional stability and control analysis and the control design results for the Reusable Launch Vehicle on suborbital reentry. The relative location of the open-loop quadratic poles and zeros is discussed. The feedback of roll rate to aileron is of better effectiven...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liaoni Wu, Yimin Huang, ChengLong He
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerodynamics
Automotive engineering
Control design
Educational institutions
Feedback
Frequency
Helium
Open loop systems
Remotely operated vehicles
Stability
Online Access:Request full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper presents the lateral/directional stability and control analysis and the control design results for the Reusable Launch Vehicle on suborbital reentry. The relative location of the open-loop quadratic poles and zeros is discussed. The feedback of roll rate to aileron is of better effectiveness to damping the Dutch roll than the feedback of yaw rate. To avoid the adverse yaw by ailerons, a yaw-to-roll concept method is developed using primarily rudder for lateral-directional control. The simulation shows that the rudder control roll method is practical.
DOI:10.1109/ISSCAA.2008.4776287