PRECISION LANDING BASED ON ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE MONITORING AND MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL

摘要

This paper presents an analysis of the applicability of atmospheric disturbance monitoring ahead of an aircraft to support high precision automatic landing. A model predictive control scheme is implemented that uses a linear model of the lateral motion of the aircraft as well as wind data measured ahead of the aircraft to minimize the wind induced deviations from the desired flight track.A series of simulations is performed to assess control behavior, in particular with respect to limitations of the wind data availability. Special emphasis is put on the influence of the sensor range of a forward looking wind sensor.The simulation results show that the controller is suitable for this task and that the incorporation of atmospheric disturbance measurements into the control scheme is able to enhance control performance significantly.