Maneuvering Multiple Hypersonic Flight Vehicles via a Hierarchical Control Framework
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2025

This paper studies how to maneuver multiple hypersonic flight vehicles (HFVs) with desired collective forms. To this end, a hierarchical control framework utilizing the leaderfollower strategy is proposed, where the knowledge of time-varying target formation is not required for the followers. First, different from the real-weighted position constraints, the proposed matrixweighted position constraint requires fewer neighbors and less communication. Second, compared to most existing formation maneuver control methods, our method can change not only the rotation, scaling, and translation of multi-HFV formations but also a greater variety of formation shapes. Third, unlike the conventional strategies in which the altitudes and forward positions of the HFVs are controlled separately, the proposed method can control both altitudes and forward positions of the HFVs simultaneously. A remarkable advantage is its ability to achieve precise position control for each HFV. Finally, two numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy

hierarchical control framework

Formation maneuver control

multiple hypersonic flight vehicles

Författare

Chong Yi Sun

Dalian University of Technology

Xu Fang

Dalian University of Technology

Yan Hua Ma

Dalian University of Technology

Hui Chen

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Kommunikation, Antenner och Optiska Nätverk

Xi Ming Sun

Dalian University of Technology

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

0018-9251 (ISSN) 15579603 (eISSN)

Vol. In Press

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)

Robotik och automation

Farkost och rymdteknik

Reglerteknik

DOI

10.1109/TAES.2025.3558723

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2025-04-23