Robust and Adaptive Control, with Aerospace Application

CourseT-738-CONT
Semester20251
ETCS8
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Year1. year
SemesterSpring 2025
Level of courseFirst cycle - Advanced / Second cycle - Introductory
Type of courseElective
PrerequisitesT-501-REGL, Feedback Control Systems
ScheduleTaught for 12 weeks.
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Content
Level of course: 3. Undergraduate (First cycle), advanced / 4. Graduate (Second cycle), introductory.
Type of course: Elective.  Recommended elective in mechatronics engineering, electric power engineering.
Prerequisites (mandatory):  Feedback Control Systems (T-501-REGL).This course covers theoretical development and practical applications of formal methods in robust and optimal linear control, robust stability analysis, Lyapunov stability theory, and model reference adaptive control (MRAC). Throughout the course, case studies are presented to illustrate key design steps and the benefits of applying robust and adaptive control methodologies to aircraft design. Initially, general aviation background is also discussed.Reading material:  Lavretsky & Wise, Robust and Adaptive Control with Aerospace Applications, Springer 2013.
Learning outcome - Objectives
Having completed this course, you should be familiar with the equations of motion describing aircraft flight dynamics, be able to explain them using your own word, and to simplify them in order to make them suitable for control design. Moreover, you should be able to identify whether a system is suitable for the application of the presented methods and to apply them. They are
  • command tracking using linear quadratic regulators (LQR),
  • projective control,
  • linear quadratic Gaussian control with loop transfer recovery (LQG/LTR),
  • and MRAC.
Finally, you should be able to explain and apply Lyapunov stability theory to the analysis of nonlinear systems.
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Language of instructionEnglish