Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints

Multiple hypersonic gliding vehicles’ (HGVs’) formation control problems with obstacle and collision avoidance are investigated in this paper, which is addressed in the stage of entry gliding. The originality of this paper stems from the formation control algorithm where constraints of dynamic press...

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Main Authors: Zhen Zhang, Yifan Luo, Yaohong Qu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9973653
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description Multiple hypersonic gliding vehicles’ (HGVs’) formation control problems with obstacle and collision avoidance are investigated in this paper, which is addressed in the stage of entry gliding. The originality of this paper stems from the formation control algorithm where constraints of dynamic pressure, heating rate, total aerodynamic load, control inputs, collision avoidance, obstacle avoidance, and the terminal states are considered simultaneously. The algorithm implements a control framework designed to be of two terms: distributed virtual controller and actual control input solver. The distributed virtual controller is based on distributed model predictive control with synchronous update strategy, where the virtual control signals are derived by the optimization simultaneously at each time step for each HGV under directed communication topology. Subsequently, according to the virtual control signals obtained, a coupled nonlinear equation set is solved to get actual control signals: each HGV’s bank angle together with the angle of attack. The actual control input solver adopts a feasible solution process to calculate the actual control signals while dealing with constraints. Finally, extensive numerical simulations are implemented to unveil the proposed algorithm’s performance and superiority.
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spelling doaj-art-88f8e3bc36e84d36bc1765cd1d58d1a02025-08-20T02:09:11ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59742023-01-01202310.1155/2023/9973653Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple ConstraintsZhen Zhang0Yifan Luo1Yaohong Qu2School of AutomationSchool of AutomationSchool of AutomationMultiple hypersonic gliding vehicles’ (HGVs’) formation control problems with obstacle and collision avoidance are investigated in this paper, which is addressed in the stage of entry gliding. The originality of this paper stems from the formation control algorithm where constraints of dynamic pressure, heating rate, total aerodynamic load, control inputs, collision avoidance, obstacle avoidance, and the terminal states are considered simultaneously. The algorithm implements a control framework designed to be of two terms: distributed virtual controller and actual control input solver. The distributed virtual controller is based on distributed model predictive control with synchronous update strategy, where the virtual control signals are derived by the optimization simultaneously at each time step for each HGV under directed communication topology. Subsequently, according to the virtual control signals obtained, a coupled nonlinear equation set is solved to get actual control signals: each HGV’s bank angle together with the angle of attack. The actual control input solver adopts a feasible solution process to calculate the actual control signals while dealing with constraints. Finally, extensive numerical simulations are implemented to unveil the proposed algorithm’s performance and superiority.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9973653
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Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
title_full Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
title_fullStr Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
title_short Distributed Formation Control with Obstacle and Collision Avoidance for Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles Subject to Multiple Constraints
title_sort distributed formation control with obstacle and collision avoidance for hypersonic gliding vehicles subject to multiple constraints
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9973653
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