PSO Optimized Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Aircraft Anti-Skid Braking System

Abstract

A high-quality and secure touchdown run for an aircraft is essential for economic, operational, and strategic reasons. The shortest viable touchdown run without any skidding requires variable braking pressure to manage the friction between the road surface and braking tire at all times. Therefore, the manipulation and regulation of the anti-skid braking system (ABS) should be able to handle steady nonlinearity and undetectable disturbances and to regulate the wheel slip ratio to make sure that the braking system operates securely. This work proposes an active disturbance rejection control technique for the anti-skid braking system. The control law ensures action that is bounded and manageable, and the manipulating algorithm can ensure that the closed-loop machine works around the height factor of the secure area of the friction curve, thereby improving overall braking performance and safety. The stability of the proposed algorithm is proven primarily by means of Lyapunov-based strategies, and its effectiveness is assessed by means of simulations on a semi-physical aircraft brake simulation platform.