Composite quadratic Lyapunov function event-triggered control of vertical take-off and landing aircraft systems with actuator saturation

This paper deals with the problem of event-triggered control (ETC) for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems under actuator saturation. By introducing the VTOL system with saturated actuators, a composite quadratic Lyapunov function (CQLF) approach is first proposed to describe the problem of the event triggering mechanism. The proposed transfer mechanism not only further saves communication resources, but also further suppresses the conservatism of the attraction domain estimation. Then, sufficient conditions are established via linear matrix inequality (LMI) by incorporating new event triggering mechanism condition and prescribed passive performance metrics under the closed-loop system that is asymptotically stable and strictly passive, respectively. Finally, the method proposed in this paper can effectively reduce the number of triggers and expand the domain of attraction. The validity and feasibility of the obtained results are demonstrated by two example simulations.