A review of control strategies used for morphing aircraft applications

dc.authoridAjaj, Rafic/0000-0001-7125-1702
dc.authoridasadi, davood/0000-0002-2066-6016
dc.contributor.authorParancheerivilakkathil, Muhammed S.
dc.contributor.authorPilakkadan, Jafar S.
dc.contributor.authorAjaj, Rafic M.
dc.contributor.authorAmoozgar, Mohammadreza
dc.contributor.authorAsadi, Davood
dc.contributor.authorZweiri, Yahya
dc.contributor.authorFriswell, Michael I.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:37:12Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:37:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper reviews the various control algorithms and strategies used for fixed -wing morphing aircraft applications. It is evident from the literature that the development of control algorithms for morphing aircraft technologies focused on three main areas. The first area is related to precise control of the shape of morphing concepts for various flight conditions. The second area is mainly related to the flight dynamics, stability, and control aspects of morphing aircraft. The third area deals mainly with aeroelastic control using morphing concepts either for load alleviation purposes and/or to control the instability boundaries. The design of controllers for morphing aircraft/wings is very challenging due to the large changes that can occur in the structural, aerodynamic, and inertial characteristics. In addition, the type of actuation system and actuation rate/ speed can have a significant effect on the design of such controllers. The aerospace community is in strong need of such a critical review especially as morphing aircraft technologies move from fundamental research at a low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to real -life applications. This critical review aims to identify research gaps and propose future directions. In this paper, research activities/papers are categorized according to the control strategy used. This ranges from simple Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controllers at one end to complex robust adaptive controllers and deep learning algorithms at the other end. This includes analytical, computational, and experimental studies. In addition, the various dynamic models used and their fidelities are highlighted and discussed. (c) 2023 Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. This is an open access article under the CC BY -NC -ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.description.sponsorshipAbu Dhabi Education Council Award for Research Excellence Program (AARE 2019) [AARE19-213]; Khalifa University of Science and Technology [FSU-2020-20]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work presented herein was funded by Abu Dhabi Education Council Award for Research Excellence Program (AARE 2019) _ (No. AARE19-213) and by Khalifa University of Science and Technology through Faculty Start-up Award (No. FSU-2020-20) .
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cja.2023.12.035
dc.identifier.endpage463
dc.identifier.issn1000-9361
dc.identifier.issn2588-9230
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85187523264
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage436
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2023.12.035
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2136
dc.identifier.volume37
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001221986000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Inc
dc.relation.ispartofChinese Journal of Aeronautics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectControl strategies
dc.subjectMorphing aircraft
dc.subjectShape morphing
dc.subjectFlight dynamics
dc.subjectAeroelasticity
dc.titleA review of control strategies used for morphing aircraft applications
dc.typeReview Article

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