Adaptive control for a class of uncertain linear parameter‐varying flight aircraft systems

Summary The concept of linear parameter‐varying (LPV) model has been developed as a convenient framework to describe a special class of uncertain LPV flight aircraft systems. In this paper, an adaptive control method for a class of uncertain LPV systems whose state‐space matrix elements are unknown affine functions of a set of measurable scalar parameters is presented. Firstly, the scalar parameters are separated from the state matrices such that the LPV model is rewritten as general unknown parameter model, then state feedback adaptive control laws, in both cases: the matched uncertainty and the unmatched uncertainty, are designed with the aim of controlling the system state to follow a desired trajectory. The sufficient condition of stability is derived using a Lyapunov equation, not a parameterized Lyapunov equation. Simulation tests based on a simple example and a nonlinear model of a transport aircraft are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the control algorithm and to demonstrate that the adaptive controller satisfies the performance requirement for an aircraft control system. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.