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2.2 HELICOPTER DYNAMICS MODELLING AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION 25<br />

parameters, such as the equivalent stiffness in the rotor hub and equivalent fuselage<br />

frontal drag area. <strong>The</strong> model’s accuracy was verified using comparison between model<br />

predicted responses and responses collected during flight test. Even though the prediction<br />

results obtained from the non-linear model are adequate for a variety <strong>of</strong> flight conditions,<br />

again, extensive validation needs to be carried out to fine tune many parameters in the<br />

model.<br />

Since the helicopter is a highly non-linear multi-variable system with some degree<br />

<strong>of</strong> coupling effect in its dynamics, it is preferable to design a controller that includes the<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> coupling between various inputs <strong>of</strong> the helicopter. However, it is not always<br />

a practical approach to include complete coupling effect in the controller design as<br />

this will result in increasing computational complexity and resources. Decoupling <strong>of</strong><br />

the coupled dynamics into a much simpler dynamics representation with separated<br />

actuators not only decreases the computation burden but also serves as an effective way<br />

to incrementally design the controller for a complete dynamic system.<br />

In order to simplify the modelling problem, the dynamic model <strong>of</strong> a helicopter was<br />

described and partitioned into smaller identification problems such as coupled roll-pitch<br />

dynamics, heave dynamics, yaw dynamics or coupling <strong>of</strong> heave and yaw dynamics or<br />

with some coupling combination among these coupling cases [Mettler, 2003, Tischler<br />

and Remple, 2006]. Different degrees <strong>of</strong> coupling exist between dynamic channels when<br />

considering the helicopter as a MIMO system. As an example, in the longitudinal<br />

channel, the relationship <strong>of</strong> longitudinal cyclic pitch and longitudinal angular velocity is<br />

the main feature <strong>of</strong> the longitudinal channel. Other coupling effects that include lateral<br />

cyclic pitch, collective pitch and tail rotor’s collective pitch have some effect on the<br />

longitudinal angular velocity in a certain frequency range. Castillo-Effen et al. [2007]<br />

propose calculation methods to quantify the degree <strong>of</strong> interaction between dynamic<br />

channels by using the relative gain array number and the diagonal dominance function<br />

that quantify decoupling. By using the proposed calculation methods, the helicopter<br />

dynamics were found to behave strongly as two sets <strong>of</strong> a Two Inputs-Two Outputs (TITO)<br />

system. Strong coupling exists between lateral and longitudinal channels (φ, θ, δ lat and<br />

δ long pairing), as well as mild coupling between collective and pedal channels (r, w, δ ped

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