Mateus de F. V. Pereira, Ilya Kolmanovsky, Carlos E. S. Cesnik, Fabio Vetrano
DOI Number: N/A
Conference number: IFASD-2019-018
This paper addresses the development of model predictive control (MPC)-based MLA governors for maneuver load alleviation (MLA) in airliners with increased levels of flexibility. An MLA governor augments the existing linear controller in order to enforce MLA constraints. To enforce a large number of MLA constraints a constraint aggregation approach which exploits Kreisselmeier-Steinhauser function is used. The performance of the resulting control strategy is evaluated and compared with a traditional approach used for MLA in commercial aircraft.