Affiliations: [a] College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
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Corresponding authors: Zhiqiang Long, College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410000, China. E-mail: zhqlong@nudt.edu.cn
Abstract: A magnetic suspension and balance system (MSBS) is a kind of aerodynamic test equipment for aircraft. It uses levitation control technology to replace the mechanical support and strain measurement technology in traditional wind tunnel balance. It has the advantage of no model support to interfere with the wind tunnel flow field and make the test environment more realistic, but the MSBS has technical difficulties to be solved. It is difficult to control and stabilize because it has a large suspension gap, nonlinear magnetic field, a long-acting distance of magnetic force, and uses a visual sensor to feedback the position of the controlled object that it has signal noise. At present, there are few studies on the suspension control method and suspension performance of MSBS. In this paper, in order to solve the above technical difficulties, the vertical control of the MSBS is taken as the research object, the electromagnetic field of the vertical coil is modeled and analyzed. A new control algorithm based on a fast-tracking differentiator (FTD) is proposed to solve the signal noise problem in MSBS. The influence of various factors in the control link on the suspension system is analyzed, and its optimization is carried out to improve the performance of the suspension system.
Keywords: MSBS, electromagnetic field modeling, levitation control, performance optimization
