Undergraduate Capstone · PES University

Flight Control for Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

A nonlinear UDE control strategy for a hypersonic vehicle model, achieving max 2% control error. Manuscript accepted to AIAA SciTech 2024.

Period

Jul 2022 – Apr 2023

Tags

Control Systems · MATLAB · UDE · Research

Highlights

  • 01Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimation (UDE) control for a nonlinear model
  • 02Maximum control error of 2% under modeled disturbances
  • 03Manuscript accepted to AIAA SciTech 2024 (withdrawn before presentation)

Write-up

The capstone investigated UDE as a practical alternative for robust control for air-breathing hypersonic dynamics, where modeling uncertainty dominates. The controller was validated in MATLAB with stability margins documented across the operating envelope.

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