Extended State Observer Based Generalized Predictive Control for Aircraft at High Angle of Attack

This paper presents a linear compound control strategy for nonlinear aircraft system at high angle of attack. Firstly, extended state observers are designed to overcome model dependence by estimating and compensating the total disturbances including the parameters uncertainties and strong coupling among channels. Secondly, the controlled subsystems are approximately converted to linear integrals based on dynamics compensation linearization, respectively. Subsequently, the generalized predictive controllers are designed based on the integral type prediction model instead of solving the Diophantine equation online, which reduces the computation burden of inverse control incremental matrix. Finally, some simulation results and analysis for aircraft at high angle of attack are carried out to prove the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.