一体化执行器饱和线性矩阵不等式跟踪容错控制器设计

针对一类执行器幅值饱和的不确定非线性系统,提出了基于线性矩阵不等式的一体化主动容错控制器设计方法.考虑执行器传感器同时故障情形,采用系统增维方法,将原系统等效转化为仅含执行器故障虚拟系统,简化了容错控制器设计.其次采用凸组合法对执行器饱和非线性进行描述,确保控制输入始终在幅值范围以内.在此基础上,设计了集自适应估计律与控制器于一体的主动容错控制器,并将控制器增益解算方法,转化线性矩阵不等式约束下的优化问题.最后通过飞机数值算例验证了设计方法的有效性.     

Retrofit fault‐tolerant tracking control design of an unmanned quadrotor helicopter considering actuator dynamics

This paper presents a retrofit fault‐tolerant tracking control (FTTC) design method with application to an unmanned quadrotor helicopter (UQH). The proposed retrofit fault‐tolerant tracking controller is developed to accommodate loss‐of‐effectiveness faults in the actuators of UQH. First, a state feedback tracking controller acting as the normal controller is designed to guarantee the stability and satisfactory performance of UQH in the absence of actuator faults, while actuator dynamics of UQH are also considered in the controller design. Then, a retrofit control mechanism with integration of an adaptive fault estimator and an adaptive fault compensator is devised against the adverse effects of actuator faults. Next, the proposed retrofit FTTC strategy, which is synthesized by the normal controller and an additional reconfigurable fault compensating mechanism, takes over the control of the faulty UQH to asymptotically stabilize the closed‐loop system with an acceptable performance degradation in the presence of actuator faults. Finally, both numerical simulations and practical experiments are conducted in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed FTTC methodology on the asymptotic convergence of tracking error for several combinations of loss‐of‐effectiveness faults in actuators.     

Fault tolerant control using virtual actuator for continuous‐time Lipschitz nonlinear systems

In this brief, we extend the existing results on fault tolerant control via virtual actuator approach to a class of systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities to maintain the closed‐loop stability after actuator faults. This generalization is established by relying on the input‐to‐state stability properties of cascaded systems. The virtual actuator block, placed between faulty plant and nominal controller, generates useful input signals for faulty plant by using output signals of the nominal controller to guarantee the closed‐loop stability in the presence of actuator faults. This design problem is reduced to a matrix inequality that can be turned to an LMI by fixing a variable to a constant value and solving the resulting LMI feasibility problem. The proposed fault tolerant control method is successfully evaluated using a nonlinear system. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Passive actuator fault tolerant control for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems with uncertainties

Fault tolerant control of affine class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems has not received considerable attention of researchers compared to other class of nonlinear systems. Therefore, this paper proposes an adaptive passive fault tolerant control method for actuator faults of affine class of MIMO nonlinear systems with uncertainties using sliding mode control . The actuator fault is represented by a multiplicative factor of the control signal which reflects the loss of actuator effectiveness. The design of the controller is based on the assumption that the maximum loss level of the actuator effectiveness is known. Furthermore, since the proposed controller is adaptive, it does not require any a-priori knowledge of the uncertainty bounds. The closed-loop stability conditions of the controller are derived based on Lyapunov theory. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is demonstrated considering two examples: a two degree of freedom helicopter and a two-link robot manipulator and has been found to be satisfactory.     

An adaptive integral sliding mode FTC scheme for dissimilar redundant actuation system of civil aircraft

ABSTRACT

This paper proposed a new adaptive integral sliding mode FTC scheme to deal with the actuator faults and failure. The scheme combines integral sliding mode control, control allocation scheme and adaptive strategy. The unknown actuator faults are handled by adaptive modulation gain of nonlinear ISMC law. To cope with complete failure, control allocation scheme is integrated with the baseline controller to provide tolerance. The proposed strategy relies on the estimate of actuator effectiveness. Therefore, an adaptive sliding mode observer based fault reconstruction scheme is proposed in this paper. The proposed scheme is implemented on dissimilar redundant actuation system driven by hydraulic and electro-hydraulic actuators. In nominal and faulty conditions, both actuators are contributing to achieving the desired control surface deflection. However, when the actuator failure occurs, the control signals are reallocated to the redundant actuator. The problem of dynamics mismatch is addressed using fractional order controller designed in an inner loop. The comparison with the existing literature is also conducted in the simulation to validate the dominant performance.     

A virtual actuator and sensor approach for fault tolerant control of LPV systems

In this paper, a fault tolerant control (FTC) strategy using virtual actuators and sensors for linear parameter varying (LPV) systems is proposed. The main idea of this FTC method, initially developed for LTI systems, is to reconfigure the control loop such that the nominal controller could still be used without need of retuning it. The plant with the faulty actuator/sensor is modified adding the virtual actuator/sensor block that masks the actuator/sensor fault. The suggested technique is an active FTC strategy that reconfigures the virtual actuator/sensor on-line taking into account faults and operating point changes. The stability of the reconfigured control loop is guaranteed if the faulty plant is stabilizable/detectable. The LPV virtual actuator/sensor is designed using polytopic LPV techniques and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A two-tank system simulator is used to assess the performance of the proposed method. In particular, it is shown that the application of the proposed technique results in an improvement, in terms of performance, with respect to the LTI counterpart.     

鲁棒自适应滑模虚拟执行器设计

为了解决具有不确定性的非线性系统发生执行器故障后的安全运行问题,针对未建模动态、外界扰动和参数不确定等各种不确定性的综合影响,提出了一种鲁棒自适应滑模虚拟执行器控制重构策略.该方法利用滑模控制具有鲁棒性的特点消除不确定性的影响,采用参数自适应方法使得无须己知不确定项的上界,同时具有虚拟执行器不改变标称控制器结构和参数的特点.采用李雅普诺夫稳定性理论证明了闭环系统的稳定性和鲁棒性.通过动力定位船仿真验证了该方法的有效性.     

Adaptive logic‐based switching fault‐tolerant controller design for nonlinear uncertain systems

This paper deals with the problem of fault‐tolerant control (FTC) for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems against actuator faults using adaptive logic‐based switching control method. The uncertainties under consideration are assumed to be dominated by a bounding system which is linear in growth in the unmeasurable states but can be a continuous function of the system output, with unknown growth rates. Several types of common actuator faults, e.g., bias, loss‐of‐effectiveness, stuck and hard‐over faults are integrated by a unified fault model. By utilizing a novel adaptive logic‐based switching control scheme, the actuator faults can be detected and automatically accommodated by switching from the stuck actuator to the healthy or even partly losing‐effectiveness one with bias, in the presence of large parametric uncertainty. In particular, two switching logics for updating the gain in the output feedback controllers are designed to ensure the global stability of the nominal (fault‐free) system and the boundedness of all closed‐loop signals of the faulty system, respectively. Two simulation examples of an aircraft wing model and a single‐link flexible‐joint robot are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed FTC controller. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Control reconfiguration after actuator failures by Markov parameter matching

Two novel linear control reconfiguration methods for plants subject to actuator failures are described. The common idea is to place a reconfiguration block between the faulty plant and the nominal controller in order to re-route the signals around the broken actuator. The first method uses a computationally simple static reconfiguration block. It recovers the nominal plant input/output-behaviour by assigning the faulty plant the same Markov parameters as the faultless plant. The second method concerns the design of the feedforward part in the virtual actuator using the idea and results of the first approach. The virtual actuator is a dynamical reconfiguration block. Existence conditions and solution algorithms are provided, and it is shown that both approaches guarantee the closed-loop stability if the existence conditions are met. An experimental study demonstrates the practical usability of the proposed approaches.     

基于嵌套自适应观测器的 连铸结晶器振动位移系统有限时间容错控制

针对连铸结晶器振动位移系统存在伺服电机驱动单元等执行器故障和负载转矩扰动问题, 本文提出一种基于嵌套自适应观测器的有限时间容错策略. 首先, 设计一种嵌套自适应观测器在线估计由执行器故障和负载转矩扰动构成的综合不确定项; 其次, 采用分层设计与终端滑模相结合的方法, 分别对位移子系统和电流环子系统设计全阶滑模控制器(FOSMC)和终端滑模控制器补偿综合不确定项, 并通过引入一阶低通滤波器来提高控制信号的连续性. 理论分析表明, 本文所提容错控制策略能够保证闭环系统所有状态有限时间稳定; 最后, 通过仿真对比研究验证了本文所提控制策略的有效性.     

不确定非线性时滞关联大系统自适应分散容错控制

针对一类不确定非线性时滞关联大系统,提出了一种基于时滞代换的自适应分散容错控制方案.该方案采用模糊逻辑系统作为逼近器,提出了时滞代换的方法处理系统未知时滞关联函数,并结合自适应技术处理代换误差和逼近误差.与现有方法相比,本文方法能在线补偿所有四种类型的执行器故障,系统控制器的设计也不再依赖于时滞假设条件,同时还可保证闭环系统所有信号全局一致最终有界.仿真结果进一步验证了本文方法的有效性.     

Optimal fault-tolerant control for Markov jump power systems with asynchronous actuator faults

Communication problems in the sensor-to-controller and controller-to-actuator channels can cause both the controller and actuator to run asynchronously with the original system in different operating modes. This paper investigates an optimal fault-tolerant control approach for Markov jump power systems (MJPSs) with asynchronous controller and actuator. Firstly, an asynchronous controller is proposed to deal with incomplete information (i.e., system modes) transmission in the sensor-to-controller channel. Secondly, a new asynchronous actuator faults model is constructed to simultaneously represent the two partial losses, of modes information in the controller-to-actuator channel, and of control effectiveness (LoCE) caused by actuator faults. Under this framework, two related hidden Markov models (HMMs) are formed, which reveal that both the controller and actuator are asynchronous with the controlled system in different modes. By using Lyapunov and optimal approaches, sufficient conditions are derived to ensure that MJPSs are mean square stable with an optimal guaranteed cost. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations are used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

Adaptive fuzzy fault-tolerant output feedback control of uncertain nonlinear systems with actuator faults

This article develops an adaptive fuzzy control method for accommodating actuator faults in a class of unknown nonlinear systems with unmeasured states. The considered faults are modelled as both loss of effectiveness and lock-in-place (stuck at unknown place). With the help of fuzzy logic systems to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions, a fuzzy adaptive observer is developed for estimating the unmeasured states. Combining the backstepping technique with the nonlinear tolerant-fault control theory, a novel adaptive fuzzy faults-tolerant control approach is constructed. It is proved that the proposed control approach can guarantee that all the signals of the resulting closed-loop system are bounded and the tracking error between the system output and the reference signal converges to a small neighbourhood of zero by appropriate choice of the design parameters. Simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the control approach.     

Adaptive reliable guaranteed performance control of uncertain nonlinear systems by using exponent‐dependent barrier Lyapunov function

This paper investigates the issue of adaptive reliable tracking control for a class of uncertain nonlinear parametric strict‐feedback systems under actuator faults. To guarantee better transient performance of adaptive systems especially when actuator faults occur, a novel prescribed performance bounds (PPBs) method based on exponent‐dependent barrier Lyapunov function is developed. Differing from the existing results where the control schemes have introduced the strictly monotone smooth function to achieve constrained error transformation, the proposed PPBs scheme is designed by using the time‐varying barriers to constrain the error trajectories, which accurately characterizes the convergence rates and convergence bounds of errors. Finally, under the framework of backstepping technique and Lyapunov stability theorem, an adaptive reliable controller is designed to ensure that all the closed‐loop signals are semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded with the tracking errors converging to the specified PPBs. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Adaptive output feedback control using fault compensation and fault estimation for linear system with actuator failure

The problem of linear systems subject to actuator faults（outage,loss of efectiveness and stuck）,parameter uncertainties and external disturbances is considered.An active fault compensation control law is designed which utilizes compensation in such a way that uncertainties,disturbances and the occurrence of actuator faults are account for.The main idea is designing a robust adaptive output feedback controller by automatically compensating the fault dynamics to render the close-loop stability.According to the information from the adaptive mechanism,the updating control law is derived such that all the parameters of the unknown input signal are bounded.Furthermore,a disturbance decoupled fault reconstruction scheme is presented to evaluate the severity of the fault and to indicate how fault accommodation should be implemented.The advantage of fault compensation is that the dynamics caused by faults can be accommodated online.The proposed design method is illustrated on a rocket fairing structural-acoustic model.     

带有执行器故障的网络控制系统的自适应容错H∞控制

针对带有执行器故障的网络控制系统, 提出了一种自适应容错控制方法. 首先基于最近提出的一种新的网络诱导时滞模型, 设计了状态反馈形式的自适应容错控制器. 然后以线性矩阵不等式的形式给出了控制器存在的充分条件. 该条件不仅保证了系统在执行器故障和正常情形下均能达到稳定, 而且使得其H∞性能最优. 最后通过一个数值例子证明了所提方法的有效性.     

A Novel Robust Attitude Control for Quadrotor Aircraft Subject to Actuator Faults and Wind Gusts

A novel robust fault tolerant controller is developed for the problem of attitude control of a quadrotor aircraft in the presence of actuator faults and wind gusts in this paper. Firstly, a dynamical system of the quadrotor taking into account aerodynamical effects induced by lateral wind and actuator faults is considered using the Newton-Euler approach. Then, based on active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), the fault tolerant controller is proposed to recover faulty system and reject perturbations. The developed controller takes wind gusts, actuator faults and measurement noises as total perturbations which are estimated by improved extended state observer (ESO) and compensated by nonlinear feedback control law. So, the developed robust fault tolerant controller can successfully accomplish the tracking of the desired output values. Finally, some simulation studies are given to illustrate the effectiveness of fault recovery of the proposed scheme and also its ability to attenuate external disturbances that are introduced from environmental causes such as wind gusts and measurement noises.      

Fault detection for output feedback control systems with actuator stuck faults: A steady‐state‐based approach

The paper studies the fault detection problem for output feedback control systems with bounded disturbances and nonzero constant reference inputs. A steady‐state‐based approach is proposed which can be used to detect small actuator stuck faults including actuator outage (the stuck value is zero). These small stuck faults, especially the outage faults, cannot be detected effectively using the existing techniques. A dynamic output feedback controller and a weighting matrix are designed simultaneously. The dynamic output feedback controller stabilizes the closed‐loop system for both fault‐free and faulty cases and attenuates the effects of disturbances. By manipulating the steady‐state values of system states with the detection weighting matrix, a residual is then generated, through which actuator stuck faults including actuator outages can be detected effectively. Simulation results are included to demonstrate our design procedure. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fault detection and estimation for a class of PIDE systems based on boundary observers

In this paper, we propose a simultaneous state estimation and fault estimation approach for a class of first‐order hyperbolic partial integral differential equation systems. Specifically, we consider the multiplicative boundary actuator and sensor faults, ie, unknown fault parameters multiplying by the boundary input or boundary state (ie, output). As a consequence, two difficulties arise immediately: (1) simultaneous estimation of both plant state and faults is a nonlinear problem due to the multiplication between fault parameters and plant signals; (2) no prior information is available to determine the type (actuator or sensor) of faults. To overcome these difficulties, this paper develops adaptive fault parameter update laws and embeds the resulting laws into the plant state observer design. First, we propose new approaches to estimate actuator fault and sensor fault, respectively. Next, we develop a novel method to simultaneously estimate actuator and sensor faults. The proposed observer and update laws, designed using only one boundary measurement, ensure both state estimation and fault parameter estimation. By choosing appropriate Lyapunov functions, we prove that the estimates of state and fault parameters converge to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of their true values. Numerical simulations are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed estimation approaches.