Damage mitigating control of a reusable rocket engine for structural durability

Michael Holmes, Ravindra Patankar, Asok Ray, Sekhar Tangirala

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Abstract

The goal of damage mitigating control is to achieve a desired level of trade-off between structural durability of critical component(s) and overall dynamic performance of the plant (e.g., aircraft, spacecraft, and energy conversion systems). This paper presents the synthesis of damage-mitigating output feedback controllers and applies this method to a reusable rocket engine by taking fatigue crack damage of turbine blades into consideration. The effects of crack growth retardation due to overload are included in the fatigue damage model which is formulated in the state-space setting. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the damage-mitigating control concept.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference, ACC 1998
Pages3317-3321
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Event1998 American Control Conference, ACC 1998 - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: Jun 24 1998Jun 26 1998

Publication series

NameProceedings of the American Control Conference
Volume6
ISSN (Print)0743-1619

Other

Other1998 American Control Conference, ACC 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPhiladelphia, PA
Period6/24/986/26/98

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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