LPV CONTROL FOR FLEXIBLE LAUNCHER

Abstract

This paper deals with one of the first industrial application of LPV methodology for flexible launcher control during atmospheric flight phase. This work is a part of a global study during which we have defined a launcher Benchmark (data, design requirements and models) and designed a LPV control law that was compared with classical control law. In this study, we have demonstrated the feasibility of LPV control design for flexible launcher thanks to an incremental approach and we have highlighted some interesting properties of LPV controller. We have also identified improvement axes that will necessitate further researches before envisaging real industrial application of LPV framework for launcher control.