Simulation and Analysis of Electro Mechanical Actuator with Position Control

Defence science journal

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Rengasamy S¹  Manamalli D²  Ramaprabha R³ 

[1]DRDO-Defence Research & Development Laboratory

[2]Department of Instrumentation Engineering, MIT, Anna University

[3]Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, CEG, Anna University

关键词: EMA;    Modelling;    Control;    Simulation;    BLDC;    Tacho;    LVDT;    Simulink;   

DOI  :  10.14429/dsj.73.18284

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre

【 摘 要 】

In recent times, Electro-Mechanical Actuator (EMA) is widely employed in various aerospace applicationsbecause of its compactness, ease of maintenance, and cost efficiency. It attracts most of the researcher for simulation and performance analysis. It is very much important to study its control system behaviour. In general, EMA requires, three loop cascade control, but for aerospace application two loop cascade control is used for speed and position controls due to dynamic load changing requirement. Most research efforts on EMA system has used a transfer function model of all its subsystems. Nevertheless, this technique does not yield complete outcomes for analysing its performance. To analyse its performance and characteristics in dynamic condition, an experimental model is essential. In addition, this model needs to cater for analysing performance of different capacity EMA. The primary goal of this work is to simulate unique EMA model with position control using a practical data and analyse its performance. In this design, EMA is modelled by three-phase Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) motor, six-step commutation logic, a speed sensor (Tacho) and a position sensor using Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT). Position and speed controls are handled by Proportional (P) and Proportional plus Integral (PI) controllers respectively. The process reaction curve method is used to tune the controllers. This tuning approach is adequate to enable accurate and robust speed and position control. This paper focus on the simulation and performance analysis of a practical EMA system with position and speed controls in matlab-simulink. The performance analysis results shows that simulated model characteristic is close to physical system and reliable.

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