Research Article

Prescribed Performance Adaptive Control for a Nonlinear Aeroelastic System with Input Constraint

Table 1

Nomenclature.

SymbolDescription

Mass of the wing
Plunging displacement
Pitch angle about the pitch axis
Inertial moment of the wing about the elastic axis
Total mass of the wing and its support structure
Dimensionless distance between the center of mass and elastic axis
Nondimensional distance from airfoil midchord to elastic axis
Pitch stiffness
Plunge stiffness
Aerodynamic moment
Aerodynamic lift
Derivatives of aerodynamic lift coefficient ( and have the similar definitions)
Aerodynamic moment due to gust
Aerodynamic force duet to gust
Plunge damping
Pitch damping
Air density
Airfoil semichord
Wing section span
Angle of trailing edge
Angle of leading edge
Free stream velocity
Disturbance velocity
Moment derivatives ( and have the similar definitions)