A UNIFYING POINT OF VIEW IN THE PROBLEM OF PIO - Pilot In-the-loop Oscillations

Vladimir Răsvan, Daniela Danciu, Dan Popescu

2008

Abstract

The paper starts from the problem of PIO (Pilot-In-the-loop Oscillations), a major problem in aircraft handling and control, where the idea of the feedback as hidden technology is basic. The real phenomenon called PIO is modeled by a feedback structure where the pilot acts as one of the components of the loop and has to be modeled accordingly. PIO are in fact self-sustained oscillations and usually are divided into three convenient categories that are based on the nature of the pilot and vehicle dynamics behavior models and analysis needed for their explanation. Category I PIO are essentially linear while Category II PIO are quasi-linear and typically associated with rate limiting. Category III PIO are fully nonlinear and non-stationary. Since PIO II are mostly tackled via various robustness approaches starting from linear models, the paper strives for a unifying approach which is illustrated accordingly.

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Răsvan V., Danciu D. and Popescu D. (2008). A UNIFYING POINT OF VIEW IN THE PROBLEM OF PIO - Pilot In-the-loop Oscillations . In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-8111-32-6, pages 200-204. DOI: 10.5220/0001505602000204


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco08,
author={Vladimir Răsvan and Daniela Danciu and Dan Popescu},
title={A UNIFYING POINT OF VIEW IN THE PROBLEM OF PIO - Pilot In-the-loop Oscillations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,},
year={2008},
pages={200-204},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001505602000204},
isbn={978-989-8111-32-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,
TI - A UNIFYING POINT OF VIEW IN THE PROBLEM OF PIO - Pilot In-the-loop Oscillations
SN - 978-989-8111-32-6
AU - Răsvan V.
AU - Danciu D.
AU - Popescu D.
PY - 2008
SP - 200
EP - 204
DO - 10.5220/0001505602000204