Modelling and Control of a Complex Buoyancy-Driven Airship

Xiaotao . Wu (1) , Claude Moog (1) , Luis Alejandro Márquez-Martínez (2) , Yueming Hu (3)

1 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes
2 CICESE - Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Education Superior de Ensenada [Mexico]
3 Automation College SCUT

The general model for a new generation airship is introduced from the model of an elementary mechanical system which embodies the core of the problem to more complex. It is shown that the basic properties of a suitable two degree of freedom mechanical system are instrumental for the analysis and synthesis of advanced airships. It is shown that the control of the airship mechanical system yields suitable approximations for the control of the airship subject to aerodynamic forces.

Domaines: Automatique

Xiaotao . Wu, Claude Moog, Luis Alejandro Márquez-Martínez, Yueming Hu. Modelling and Control of a Complex Buoyancy-Driven Airship. 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, Sep 2010, Bologna, Italy. pp.1134-1139. ⟨hal-00584873⟩