A PREDICTIVE PID CONTROLER DESIGN FOR AN ACTUATOR ATTACHED INSIDE A MORPHING WING

This research presents the modeling and simulation of a model predictive current control and PID position and speed control methods for an actuator. A brushless motor is used for the actuators in the regional morphing wing to... [ view full abstract ]

This research presents the modeling and simulation of a model predictive current control and PID position and speed control methods for an actuator. A brushless motor is used for the actuators in the regional morphing wing to change the shape of a wing upper surface and improve the laminar flow performance. For the first time, there are two methods used to control the BLDC motors for the morphing wing technology: one is a predictive controller for current control, another one is a PID controller for position and speed control. The simulation results are carried with MATLAB/SIMULINK software. Especially, in this paper, the predictive current controlling method with error squared will be proposed and tested. The approach will give us another promising approach in controlling miniature motors and the morphing wing technology, where the requirement of easy implementation and effectiveness is put together and being the first priority.