TY - GEN
T1 - Continuous Integration of Optimal Control Based Flight Control Law Clearance
AU - Braun, David
AU - Schwaiger, Florian
AU - Holzapfel, Florian
AU - Diepolder, Johannes
AU - Ben-Asher, Joseph Z.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The development of modern flight control systems (FCS) is a highly iterative procedure. To ensure that modifications to the flight control laws do not entail adverse effects on the closed-loop behavior, we propose the integration of Optimal Control based test cases into the Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline of FCS software projects. As such, leveraging GitLab’s CI/CD toolchain, we expand the predominately developer-triggered FCS testing framework by development-triggered worst-case analyses. We employ direct Optimal Control theory to proactively detect modifications that deteriorate performance of the flight control laws. As a result, validation of the FCS is moved up in the development phase, ultimately reducing the risk of additional late design iterations. The capabilities of the proposed CI-integrated testing toolchain are demonstrated using the hover FCS of a high-fidelity eVTOL aircraft model.
AB - The development of modern flight control systems (FCS) is a highly iterative procedure. To ensure that modifications to the flight control laws do not entail adverse effects on the closed-loop behavior, we propose the integration of Optimal Control based test cases into the Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline of FCS software projects. As such, leveraging GitLab’s CI/CD toolchain, we expand the predominately developer-triggered FCS testing framework by development-triggered worst-case analyses. We employ direct Optimal Control theory to proactively detect modifications that deteriorate performance of the flight control laws. As a result, validation of the FCS is moved up in the development phase, ultimately reducing the risk of additional late design iterations. The capabilities of the proposed CI-integrated testing toolchain are demonstrated using the hover FCS of a high-fidelity eVTOL aircraft model.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123604085&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2022-1895
DO - 10.2514/6.2022-1895
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85123604085
SN - 9781624106316
T3 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
Y2 - 3 January 2022 through 7 January 2022
ER -