Fixed-structure heading-autopilot controller design using meta-heuristics

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Evolutionary algorithms Flight dynamics and control Multidisciplinary optimisation Fixed-structure control Robust and optimum control

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Nattapong Ruenruedeepan
Sustainable and Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Pakin Champasak
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok 10800, Thailand
Natee Panagant
Sustainable and Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Nantiwat Pholdee
Sustainable and Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Sujin Bureerat
Sustainable and Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand

Abstract

This work presents an alternative efficient means to synthesise a fixed-structure autopilot controller that is both robust and optimal using meta-heuristics (MHs). The problem is aimed at finding controllers in several sections with the objective of minimising integral square error, subject to several constraints to ensure a robust, precise, and rapid reference tracking control system. An optimum control problem was posed while several MHs were employed to solve the problem, and their performances were investigated. Based on the results, a Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution (JADE) was found to be the most efficient algorithm. The study presents a simple but effective tool for designing a robust and optimum autopilot flight controller. It also explores the performance of several MHs in the new optimisation design field of robust and optimal flight control systems.

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Ruenruedeepan, N. ., Champasak, P. ., Panagant, N. ., Pholdee, N., & Bureerat, S. (2023). Fixed-structure heading-autopilot controller design using meta-heuristics. Engineering and Applied Science Research, 51(1), 34–41. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/easr/article/view/253549
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Vol. 51 No. 1 (2024)
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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