AE 582 Robust Control in Aerospace Systems

Homework 4

Handed out: November 21
st
, 2012
Due: November 28
th
, 2012

1) The lateral motion of a ship moving with constant velocity is given by


i. Find the transfer function from the rudder to the heading angle
) s (
) s (
) s ( G
o

=

ii. Assume that there is 60% uncertainty on the coefficients of the s term of the
numerator and s
3
term of the denominator. Find a weighting function W such
that the multiplicative uncertainty represents the effect of the parametric
uncertainties on these coefficients as closely as possible.


2) For each of the following matrices compute a singular value decomposition and
show how the matrix maps the unit circle in x
1
-x
2
plane, by y = Ax, to y
1
-y
2
plane.
For each matrix plot the unit circle and the associated ellipse. Show all important
singular vector information on the plots. Also find the eigenvalues of these matrices
and compare with the singular values.

(a) (

=
3 5
1 5
A
(b) (

=
6 0
5 5
A