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A unified closed-loop stabilization framework for fixed-wing UAVs via natural-selection-enhanced multi-objective

Yimeng Li1,2, Jingbo Xia1,2, Guangsong Yang3

  • 1School of Electronic Science & Technology, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, Zhangzhou, China.

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This study enhances fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) stability using a novel coupled lateral-longitudinal control framework. The natural-selection multi-objective particle swarm optimization strategy significantly improves flight dynamics and meets Level-1 flying quality standards.

Keywords:
Actuator constraintsCoupled lateral–longitudinal dynamicsFlying qualityMulti-objective optimisationNatural-selection MOPSO

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Published on: December 9, 2012

Area of Science:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Computational Intelligence

Background:

  • Civilian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications face complex flight environments demanding enhanced stability, flying quality, and disturbance rejection.
  • Existing control frameworks often tune lateral and longitudinal channels independently, leading to gain coupling issues.
  • The need for robust and feasible control solutions applicable to open-source platforms like Pixhawk is growing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a coupled lateral-longitudinal stabilization framework for fixed-wing UAVs.
  • To address gain coupling between control channels through joint optimization.
  • To ensure practical engineering feasibility by incorporating actuator constraints and disturbance robustness.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a six-degree-of-freedom nonlinear flight dynamic model, linearized into lateral and longitudinal state-space models.
  • Selection of key flight modes (Dutch roll, short-period, phugoid) as performance indices based on flying quality theory.
  • Application of a natural-selection-enhanced multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm for joint control gain tuning.

Main Results:

  • Achieved significant improvements in Dutch roll damping (0.0766 to 0.4039) and short-period damping ratio (0.3868 to 0.8851).
  • Satisfied Level-1 flying quality standards, demonstrating enhanced flight stability and performance.
  • The natural-selection MOPSO algorithm showed faster convergence and higher constraint satisfaction (98.5%) compared to standard MOPSO and NSGA-II/III.
  • Optimized gains were validated on two distinct UAV platforms, confirming portability.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed coupled stabilization framework effectively resolves gain coupling and enhances UAV flight dynamics.
  • The natural-selection MOPSO strategy offers a superior optimization approach for UAV control design.
  • The developed control gains are directly applicable to the Pixhawk platform, facilitating low-cost stabilization solutions.