A robust adaptive autopilot design for decomposed bank to turn missiles

A decomposed robust adaptive controller design procedure is developed for 3-channel BTT missile systems. Three decomposed subsystems are constructed for highly nonlinear and coupled dynamic systems after parameter analysis is carried out. Appropriate adaptive optimal inner loop controllers are designed for accurate tracking performance to the reference command inputs of the respective subsystems.; For robustness of systems, decomposed outer loop structures are introduced to minimize system coupling and to reduce nonlinear effects of BTT missile dynamic systems. The overall outer loop robust controller is designed to accommodate parameter variations and uncertainties with referenced model systems. The robust outer loop controller is designed by constructing decomposed stabilizing controllers in the form of the Youla parameterization. The results can be readily generalized to N-channel systems. The design procedure is built upon the J-spectral factorization approach to H_∞ control. Instead of the centralized control, we employed decentralized controllers for reduced complexity in control implementations.; In this research, a new concept for system modeling and decomposition, which uses the rate of system dynamics or the sensitivity of system parameter. After exhaustive classification and investigations of system characteristics, we can categorize several subsystems from overall system dynamic models. Subsystems are characterized by system dynamics with similar rates of changes. Once we get relatively small sized and homogeneous parameter groups, it is easier to design respective controllers. Otherwise, difficult trade offs must be made on control objectives for different kinds of dynamic characteristics of the whole system. The new idea is applied to a typical BTT missile system. Simulations results demonstrate that decomposed controller design is satisfactory for the BTT missile autopilot systems with good robustness and dynamic performances.