Abstract
This paper presents a collaborative control strategy for
landing the nose of an aircraft on a mobile target platform, addressing
the issue of total landing gear malfunction during the landing phase.
The strategy guides the aircraft along a desired trajectory while
controlling the target platform’s speed to ensure simultaneous arrival
at the designated position. The system model comprises the kinematic
model of a Boeing 747 and a ground platform. A nonlinear aircraft
controller, based on the sliding mode control technique, is designed for
autonomous landing maneuvers. System stability is ensured using Lyapunov
stability theory. The proposed controller’s effectiveness is
demonstrated through numerical simulations and compared with the
conventional proportional-integral controller, validating its superior
performance.
