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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2008, Vol. 9 Issue (4): 539-545    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A071434
Electrical & Electronic Engineering     
Dynamic modeling and nonlinear control strategy for an underactuated quad rotor rotorcraft
Ashfaq Ahmad MIAN, Dao-bo WANG
College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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Abstract  In this paper, a nonlinear dynamic MIMO model of a 6-DOF underactuated quad rotor rotorcraft is derived based on Newton-Euler formalism. The derivation comprises determining equations of motion of the quad rotor in three dimensions and seeking to approximate the actuation forces through modeling of the aerodynamic coefficients and electric motor dynamics. The derived model is dynamically unstable, so a sequential nonlinear control strategy is implemented for the quad rotor. The control strategy includes exact feedback linearization technique, using the geometric methods of nonlinear control. The performance of the nonlinear control algorithm is evaluated using simulation and the results show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy for the quad rotor rotorcraft near quasi-stationary flight.

Key wordsQuad rotor rotorcraft      MIMO model      Underactuated systems     
Received: 11 August 2007      Published: 30 January 2008
CLC:  V249  
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Ashfaq Ahmad MIAN, Dao-bo WANG. Dynamic modeling and nonlinear control strategy for an underactuated quad rotor rotorcraft. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2008, 9(4): 539-545.

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http://www.zjujournals.com/xueshu/zjus-a/10.1631/jzus.A071434     OR     http://www.zjujournals.com/xueshu/zjus-a/Y2008/V9/I4/539

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