Adaptive sliding mode tracking control for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle

This paper is concerned with the adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) design problem for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle (FAHV). This problem is challenging because of the inherent couplings between the propulsion system, the airframe dynamics and the presence of strong flexibility effects. Due to the enormous complexity of the vehicle dynamics, only the longitudinal model is adopted for control design in the present paper. A linearized model is established around a trim point for a nonlinear, dynamically coupled simulation model of the FAHV, then a reference model is designed and a tracking error model is proposed with the aim of the ASMC problem. There exist the parameter uncertainties and external disturbance in the model, which are not necessary to satisfy the so-called matched condition. A robust sliding surface is designed, and then an adaptive sliding mode controller is designed based on the tracking error model. The proposed controller can drive the error dynamics onto the predefined sliding surface in a finite time, and guarantees the property of asymptotical stability without the information of upper bound of uncertainties as well as perturbations. Finally, simulations are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control methods.     

Load frequency composite control for multi-region interconnected power systems

This paper investigates a composite controller for load frequency control (LFC) in multi-region interconnected power systems via sliding mode observer design. State observers (SOs) and disturbance observers (DOs) are implied for the LFC based on the load variations with communication delays and quantization output measurements. A nonlinear integral sliding surface combined with a composite controller is developed to optimize control performance. Moreover, a three-area power system model is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in the illustrative example, confirming that frequency deviations can be rejected despite delays, uncertainties, and quantization during transmission.     

Observer-based terminal sliding mode control of non-affine nonlinear systems: Finite-time approach

This paper studies the problem of observer based fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode control schemes for nonlinear non-affine systems with actuator faults, unknown states, and external disturbances. A hyperbolic tangent function based extended state observer is considered to estimate unknown states, which enhances robustness by estimating external disturbance. Then, Taylor series expansion is employed for the non-affine nonlinear system with actuator faults, which transforms it to an affine form system to simplify disturbance observer and controller design. A finite time disturbance observer is designed to address unknown compound disturbances, which includes external disturbances and system uncertainties. A fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode with exponential function sliding mode is proposed to address output tracking. Simulation results show the proposed scheme is effective.     

Adaptive controller design for spacecraft formation flying using sliding mode controller and neural networks

A spacecraft formation flying controller is designed using a sliding mode control scheme with the adaptive gain and neural networks. Six-degree-of-freedom spacecraft nonlinear dynamic model is considered, and a leader–follower approach is adopted for efficient spacecraft formation flying. Uncertainties and external disturbances have effects on controlling the relative position and attitude of the spacecrafts in the formation. The main benefit of the sliding mode control is the robust stability of the closed-loop system. To improve the performance of the sliding mode control, an adaptive controller based on neural networks is used to compensate for the effects of the modeling error, external disturbance, and nonlinearities. The stability analysis of the closed-loop system is performed using the Lyapunov stability theorem. A spacecraft model with 12 thrusts as actuators is considered for controlling the relative position and attitude of the follower spacecraft. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Variable-structure PD controller for satellite attitude: Stability analysis and design for optimal performance

A novel variable structure controller is investigated for satellite attitude control. This novel controller does not lead to a sliding mode, which avoids the chattering problem, making it suitable for practical implementation. Detailed formulation of the controller is presented along with analytical stability analysis for a second order system. The system having this nonlinear controller is homogeneous, which leads to a similar response at large and small deviations from the equilibrium. A procedure for tuning homogeneous controllers for all initial conditions is proposed. A detailed model of the satellite attitude dynamics, actuator dynamics, and delays in the system is utilized to optimize controller gains numerically. A comparative analysis shows the superiority of the proposed controller over a conventional PID controller in terms of better transients and lower energy consumption.     

Robust sensorless observer-based adaptive sliding modes control of synchronous motors

Using a nonlinear complete order model of a synchronous motor, a robust second order sliding mode observer based control scheme is proposed. For that, a generalized super-twisting 3rd order observer is proposed for nonlinear systems. Based on the proposed observer scheme, a robust rotor flux observer is designed, then, a stator current observer is proposed using a classical super-twisting algorithm for extracting information of the rotor speed by means of the equivalent control method. The control design for the output tracking of a desired reference signal for the rotor speed is carried out with a classical super-twisting sliding mode algorithm and adaptive backstepping techniques. Due to the number of inputs, the flux in the excitation winding, and the direct component of the stator currents are also regulated. Numeric simulations predict a good performance of the closed-loop synchronous motor with parameter variations.     

A real-time estimation and control scheme for induction motors based on sliding mode theory

In this paper a sliding mode position control for high-performance real-time applications of induction motors is developed. The design also incorporates a sliding mode rotor flux estimator in order to avoid the flux sensors. The proposed control scheme presents a low computational cost and therefore can be implemented easily in a real-time applications using a low cost Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The stability analysis of the observer and the controller, under parameter uncertainties and load torque disturbances, is provided using the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally simulated and experimental results show that the proposed controller with the proposed observer provides a good trajectory tracking and that this scheme is robust with respect to plant parameter variations and external load disturbances.     

Global fast terminal sliding mode controller for hydraulic turbine regulating system with actuator dead zone

This paper investigates the frequency change problem of hydraulic turbine regulating system based on terminal sliding mode control method. By introducing a novel terminal sliding mode surface, a global fast terminal sliding mode controller is designed for the closed loop. This controller eliminates the slow convergence problem which arises in the terminal sliding mode control when the error signal is not near the equilibrium. Meanwhile, following consideration of the error caused by the actuator dead zone, an adaptive RBF estimator based on sliding mode surface is proposed. Through the dead zone error estimation for feed-forward compensation, the composite terminal sliding mode controller has been verified to possess an excellent performance without sacrificing disturbance rejection robustness and stability. Simulations have been carried out to validate the superiority of our proposed methods in comparison with other two other kinds of sliding mode control methods and the commonly used PID and FOPID controller. It is shown that the simulation results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.     

Dynamic modeling and neural network compensation for dual-flexible servo system with an underactuated hand

This paper investigates a difficult problem of nonlinear dynamics and motion control of a dual-flexible servo system with an underactuated hand (DFSS-UH). Variation in grasping mass and nonlinear factors of the DFSS-UH including complex flexible deformation and friction torque aggravate the output speed fluctuation, leading to modeling errors in the dynamics, which in turn affects the underactuated hand motion accuracy. A novel neural network sliding mode control (NNSMC) method is designed to control the DFSS-UH. The strategy utilizes neural networks to compensate for dynamics modeling errors, which takes into account neglected nonlinear factors and inaccurate friction torque. The reaching law with the hyperbolic tangent function is proposed to improve sliding mode control, thereby weakening the chattering phenomenon. First of all, the DFSS-UH mechanical model considering many nonlinear factors is established and a dynamic simplification model which ignores higher-order modes is proposed. Secondly, the adaptive law of weighted coefficients is proposed according to the stability of the DFSS-UH. Finally, the physical control platform of the DFSS-UH is built, and simulation and control experiments are conducted. Experimental results show that the improved NNSMC strategy decreases the tracking error of flexible load, thereby enhancing the control accuracy of the DFSS-UH.     

Robust sliding mode control of a DC/DC Boost converter with switching frequency regulation

This paper presents the design of a hysteresis band controller to regulate the switching frequency in a sliding mode controlled nonlinear Boost power converter. The proposed architecture relies on a piecewise linear modeling of the switching function behavior within the hysteresis band, and consists of a continuous-time integral-type controller that modifies the amplitude of the hysteresis band of the comparator in accordance with the error between the desired and the actually measured switching period. The study provides the dynamical models of the converter operating in sliding mode and the switching frequency control loop. Moreover, the design of the parameters of both the sliding mode control and the switching frequency controller guarantee the fulfilment of the desired output voltage regulation of the Boost converter and the steady state setting of the switching frequency with a known, taylored dynamics. A Boost power converter prototype has been built to validate the proposal. Experimental results confirm the predicted good performance of the controllers, as well as the robustness with respect to changes in the switching frequency reference and the system parameters.     

Adaptive fractional order sliding mode controller with neural estimator

In this study, an adaptive fractional order sliding mode controller with a neural estimator is proposed for a class of systems with nonlinear disturbances. Compared with traditional sliding mode controller, the new proposed fractional order sliding mode controller contains a fractional order term in the sliding surface. The fractional order sliding surface is used in adaptive laws which are derived in the framework of Lyapunov stability theory. The bound of the disturbances is estimated by a radial basis function neural network to relax the requirement of disturbance bound. To investigate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive neural fractional order sliding mode controller, the methodology is applied to a Z-axis Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) gyroscope to control the vibrating dynamics of the proof mass. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed control system can improve tracking performance as well as parameter identification performance.     

Chaos control of the permanent magnet synchronous motor with time-varying delay by using adaptive sliding mode control based on DSC

This paper focuses on the problem of chaos control for the permanent magnet synchronous motor with chaotic oscillation, unknown dynamics and time-varying delay by using adaptive sliding mode control based on dynamic surface control. To reveal the mechanism of motor system and facilitate controller design, the dynamic behavior of the system is investigated. Nonlinear items of system model, upper bounds of time delays and their derivatives are taken as unknown in the overall process. A RBF neural network with an adaptive law, which eliminates restrictions on accurate model and parameters, is employed to cope with unknown dynamics. In order to solve issues such as chaotic oscillation, ‘explosion of complexity’ of backstepping, and chattering associated with sliding mode control, a sliding mode controller is developed within the framework of dynamic surface control by the hybrid of adaptive technology and RBF neural network. In addition, an appropriate Lyapunov function is employed to demonstrate the system stability. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed scheme is testified by simulation.     

Design of memory-based adaptive integral sliding-mode controller for fractional-order T-S fuzzy systems and its applications

This study investigates the passivity analysis of fractional-order Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems subject to external disturbances and nonlinear perturbations under an adaptive integral sliding mode control (AISMC) methodology. To better accommodate the features of the T-S fuzzy dynamical model, a novel fractional-order memory-based integral-type sliding manifold function is defined, which is different from the existing sliding manifold function. With the help of Caputo fractional-order derivative properties and quadratic Lyapunov functional, some linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based sufficient criteria are derived to ensure the asymptotic stability conditions of resulting sliding mode dynamics with passive performance index. Besides that, an adaptive sliding mode control law is designed for the addressed systems to guarantee the system state variables onto the predefined integral sliding manifold. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed controller is validated based on derived sufficient conditions with two practical models, such as fractional-order interconnected power systems and fractional-order permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) model, respectively.     

An intelligent self-repairing control for nonlinear MIMO systems via adaptive sliding mode control technology

In this paper, an intelligent self-repairing control scheme is proposed for a class of nonlinear MIMO system. A direct self-repairing controller of a nonlinear SISO system is firstly designed, and then the control scheme is promoted to a nonlinear MIMO system. The error signals are replaced by the state variables to deal with the high derivate problems of the desired signals and a nonlinear regulating function is brought in to improve the performances of the sliding mode. The self-repairing controller is made up of four parts: the nonlinear regulator, the equal controller, the compensator I and the compensator II. The control method is applied to a helicopter flight control system with loss-in-effectiveness faults. Some simulation results illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed control scheme in the paper.     

Observer-based sliding mode control for a class of uncertain nonlinear neutral delay systems

In this paper, the observer-based sliding mode control (SMC) problem is investigated for a class of uncertain nonlinear neutral delay systems. A new robust stability condition is proposed first for the sliding mode dynamics, then a sliding mode observer is designed, based on which an observer-based controller is synthesized by using the SMC theory combined with the reaching law technique. Then, a sufficient condition of the asymptotic stability is proposed in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) for the overall closed-loop system composed of the observer dynamics and the state estimation error dynamics. Furthermore, the reachability problem is also discussed. It is shown that the proposed SMC scheme guarantees the reachability of the sliding surfaces defined in both the state estimate space and the state estimation error space, respectively. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed design scheme.     

Robust sliding mode control for stochastic singular Markovian jump systems with unmatched one-sided Lipschitz nonlinearities

This paper investigates sliding mode control of stochastic singular Markovian jump systems with nonlinearity. The unmatched nonlinearity satisfies one-sided Lipschitz condition and quadratically inner-boundedness. In term of a new technical variable transformation, sufficient conditions are developed for nonlinear stochastic singular Markovian jump systems constrained on sliding manifold to guarantee stochastic admissibility and uniqueness of solution based on implicit function theorem. The sliding mode control law by which the trajectories of system can be compelled to the predefined sliding surface in finite time no matter what initial state value is, is synthesized. The derivative singular matrix is fully considered in the whole design process such that the derived conditions can be checked easily.The technical treatment of the nonlinear matrix term avoids the classification discussion of sliding mode controller design. Convex optimization problems subject to linear matrix inequalities are formulated to optimize the desired indexes of interest. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by a numerical example and a practical example.     

基于PID控制策略的单自由度AMB设计与仿真

基于对单自由度磁悬浮轴承数学模型的分析,研究了其理想PID和实际PID控制策略的设计与仿真问题。首先分析单自由度磁悬浮轴承的数学模型,是一个不稳定对象。然后针对该对象设计了实际PID控制策略,并通过仿真曲线和性能指标计算结果验证了所提算法的有效性和正确性。所提算法对PID控制策略在磁悬浮轴承的实际应用有一定的参考和借鉴意义。     

Model transformation based sliding mode control of discrete-time two-dimensional Fornasini–Marchesini systems

This paper investigates the problem of sliding mode control (SMC) for discrete-time two-dimensional (2-D) systems subject to external disturbances. Given a 2-D Fornasini–Marchesini (FM) local state space model, attention is focused on designing the 2-D sliding surface and sliding mode controller, which guarantees the resultant closed-loop system to be asymptotically stable. Particularly, this problem is solved using the model transformation based method. First of all, sufficient conditions are formulated for the existence of a linear sliding surface guaranteeing the asymptotic stability of the equivalent sliding mode dynamics. Based on this, a sliding mode controller is synthesized to ensure that the associated 2-D FM system satisfies the reaching condition. The efficiency of the proposed 2-D SMC law design is shown by a numerical example. This paper extends the idea of model transformation to the 2-D systems and solves the SMC problem of a more general 2-D model in FM type for the first time.     

Quantized asynchronous extended dissipative observer-based sliding mode control for Markovian jump TS fuzzy systems

This article is dedicated to the issue of asynchronous adaptive observer-based sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear stochastic switching systems with Markovian switching. The system under examination is subject to matched uncertainties, external disturbances, and quantized outputs and is described by a TS fuzzy stochastic switching model with a Markovian process. A quantized sliding mode observer is designed, as are two modes-dependent fuzzy switching surfaces for the error and estimated systems, based on a mode dependent logarithmic quantizer. The Lyapunov approach is employed to establish sufficient conditions for sliding mode dynamics to be robust mean square stable with extended dissipativity. Moreover, with the decoupling matrix procedure, a new linear matrix inequality-based criterion is investigated to synthesize the controller and observer gains. The adaptive control technique is used to synthesize asynchronous sliding mode controllers for error and SMO systems, respectively, so as to ensure that the pre-designed sliding surfaces can be reached, and the closed-loop system can perform robustly despite uncertainties and signal quantization error.Finally, simulation results on a one-link arm robot system are provided to show potential applications as well as validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Fractional order sliding mode control of a pneumatic position servo system

Gas flow has fractional order dynamics; therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the pneumatic systems with a proportional valve to regulate gas flow have fractional order dynamics as well. There is a hypothesis that the fractional order control has better control performance for this inherent fractional order system, although the model used for fractional controller design is integer order. To test this hypothesis, a fractional order sliding mode controller is proposed to control the pneumatic position servo system, which is based on the exponential reaching law. In this method, the fractional order derivative is introduced into the sliding mode surface. The stability of the controller is proven using Lyapunov theorem. Since the pressure sensor is not required, the control system configuration is simple and inexpensive. The experimental results presented indicate the proposed method has better control performance than the fractional order proportional integral derivative (FPID) controller and some conventional integral order control methods. Points to be noticed here are that the fractional order sliding mode control is superior to the integral order sliding mode counterpart, and the FPID is superior to the corresponding integral order PID, both with optimal parameters. Among all the methods compared, the proposed method achieves the highest tracking accuracy. Moreover, the proposed controller has less chattering in the manipulated variable, the energy consumption of the controller is therefore substantially reduced.