Design of an Optimal Fuzzy Controller for Hover mode of Finite Degree of Freedom a Laboratory Twin Rotor Model

Subject Areas : Renewable energy

Sina Ameli ¹ (MSc/Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University)
Alireza Fatehi ² (Assistant Professor/N.Toosi University Technology, Tehran)
Mohamad Ataei ³ (Associated Professor/Isfahan University)

Received: 2010-11-10 Accepted : 2011-09-21 Published : 2012-02-01

Keywords: Fuzzy controller, state feedback optimal controller, Twin rotor model,

Abstract :

A twin rotor model has nonlinear dynamics and it’s a multivariable system. A twin rotor model is an unstable plant with high level of interaction between some of its variables. Therefore, controlling a twin rotor model is very difficult and to control it we must use special strategies. A fuzzy controller is a kind of nonlinear controller. It can control a plant without a mathematical model or a poor model. In this paper, we designed a fuzzy controller for a laboratory twin rotor model with finite degree of freedom. The fuzzy controller is designed based on optimal controller strategies. The proposed method has a better performance than state feedback optimal controller.