三轴稳定挠性卫星姿态机动时变滑模变结构和主动振动控制

针对带有控制受限的挠性卫星的姿态机动和振动控制问题, 给出了一类仅利用输出信息的变结构控制和 基于智能材料的主动振动控制技术相结合的复合控制方法. 首先给出变结构姿态控制器的设计来完成卫星姿态机动, 并给出一种切换机制以实现挠性卫星快速姿态机动; 其次, 采用分布式压电元件作为作动器, 设计了应变速率反馈补偿器以增加挠性结构的阻尼, 使其振动能够很快衰减. 最后, 将本文提出的方法应用于三轴稳定挠性卫星的姿态机动控制, 仿真结果表明: 在推力器的控制受限条件下, 完成姿态机动的同时, 有效地抑制挠性附件的振动.     

考虑推力器安装偏差的航天器姿态机动有限时间控制

针对航天器快速姿态机动控制问题,考虑存在参数不确定性、外部干扰、推力器安装偏差以及控制输入饱和受限的多约束条件下,提出了一类自适应终端滑模有限时间控制方法,显式地引入推力器输出的饱和幅值,确保闭环系统在有限时间内快速收敛到滑模面的邻域内;同时,通过引入参数自适应学习律,使得控制器的设计不依赖于参数不确定性、外部干扰以及推力器安装偏差信息;此外,基于Lyapunov稳定性定理对所提出的控制器进行了理论分析.并通过给定某型航天器参数进行了数值仿真,结果表明在考虑多约束情况下,系统具有较快的收敛速度,且具有很好的动态性能,从而验证了所设计方案的有效性、可行性.     

反步自适应滑模变结构的小卫星姿态鲁棒容错控制

针对小卫星在轨运行中存在输入饱和、干扰力矩与执行器故障的姿态跟踪控制问题,提出了一种反步自适应滑模变结构鲁棒容错控制方法。该方法将反步控制和滑模控制相结合,利用自适应算法估计执行器有效因子最小值和干扰上界,避免了对故障的检测与隔离,实现了输入饱和、干扰和故障对系统稳定性影响的抑制。基于Lyapunov方法从理论上证明了闭环系统的稳定性;将该方法用于小卫星的状态跟踪控制,仿真结果表明该控制器能有效处理姿态控制时输入饱和受限的约束,对部分失效和偏差型故障具有较强的容错能力,并具有一定鲁棒性。     

带有干扰的挠性卫星非线性姿态输出反馈控制

针对挠性卫星在飞行过程中存在参数不确定性、干扰（常值扰动和正弦扰动）及挠性附件的振动控制问题,提出了一类基于输出反馈控制系统的鲁棒设计方法,该设计仅利用姿态四元数输出信息,而无需角速度、挠性变形位移及其速率测量信息;同时,在控制中又引入积分环节用于减小常值干扰引起的稳态误差,并且控制器参数的选者并不依赖于系统参数,基于Lyapunov理论证明了所设计的控制器保证了姿态的稳定和模态振动的衰减;最后,将该方法应用于挠性卫星的姿态机动控制,仿真结果表明该控制器不仅对参数不确定性具有很好的鲁棒性,而且能够有效消除常值干扰和正弦干扰的影响,在完成姿态机动控制的同时,能够抑制挠性附件的结构振动,具有良好的过渡过程品质．     

航天器时延自适应变结构容错控制

针对航天器存在未知惯量参数以及干扰与执行机构失效的姿态机动问题,提出一种将自适应变结构控制与时延技术相结合的鲁棒容错控制方法.该方法在继承变结构控制优点的同时,提高了控制律对参数和干扰变化的自适应能力;利用时延技术的逼近能力补偿执行机构的故障,使得控制器对执行机构的失效具有很强的容错能力,并且执行机构故障信息不需进行在线检测和分离.仿真结果表明,在完成姿态调节控制的同时,所提出的方法具有良好的过渡过程品质.     

挠性卫星姿态跟踪自适应L2增益控制

针对在轨挠性卫星姿态跟踪时存在参数不确定、外部干扰以及控制输入受限等问题,提出了一种自适应L2增益控制方法.首先利用神经网络来逼近系统中的未知非线性动态特性,设计自适应控制律来处理系统中的不确定参数:其次设计了一鲁棒控制器使得干扰力矩对系统性能输出具有L2增益,从而实现对干扰的抑制控制.最后通过引入附加的输入误差系统,...     

考虑输入饱和的近空间飞行器姿态容错控制

针对近空间飞行器姿态控制中出现的执行器故障,输入饱和与外部干扰等问题,设计了一种基于二阶滑模干扰观测器和辅助系统的鲁棒容错跟踪控制方法.首先,将系统不确定,外部扰动和执行器故障作为复合干扰,设计super-twisting二阶滑模干扰观测器对其进行估计.然后为解决输入饱和问题构造了辅助分析系统,并借助backstepping方法,设计姿态容错跟踪控制器.利用Lyapunov方法,严格证明了所有闭环系统信号的收敛性.最后将所设计的控制方法应用于近空间飞行器姿态控制中,仿真结果验证了该控制方法的有效性.     

基于动态控制分配的卫星姿态控制系统容错控制北大核心CSCD

针对卫星姿态控制系统执行机构故障情况下的姿态跟踪问题,研究了一种基于动态控制分配的容错控制方法。首先,考虑由卫星转动惯量不确定性与外界干扰组成复合干扰,设计了基于干扰观测器的反步姿态跟踪控制器,利用干扰观测器对复合干扰进行估计,并且采用李雅普诺夫方法分析了闭环系统的稳定性;其次,针对发生乘性执行机构故障的卫星姿态控制系统,设计了基于动态控制分配的容错控制方法,该方法无需对控制律进行调整,而是利用故障信息调整目标函数,通过动态控制分配方法实现容错控制。仿真结果表明,该方法能够在执行机构发生故障情况下有效完成姿态跟踪。     

基于动态控制分配的卫星姿态控制系统容错控制

针对卫星姿态控制系统执行机构故障情况下的姿态跟踪问题,研究了一种基于动态控制分配的容错控制方法。首先,考虑由卫星转动惯量不确定性与外界干扰组成复合干扰,设计了基于干扰观测器的反步姿态跟踪控制器,利用干扰观测器对复合干扰进行估计,并且采用李雅普诺夫方法分析了闭环系统的稳定性;其次,针对发生乘性执行机构故障的卫星姿态控制系统,设计了基于动态控制分配的容错控制方法,该方法无需对控制律进行调整,而是利用故障信息调整目标函数,通过动态控制分配方法实现容错控制。仿真结果表明,该方法能够在执行机构发生故障情况下有效完成姿态跟踪。     

航天器自适应快速非奇异终端滑模容错控制

针对存在外部干扰、转动惯量矩阵不确定以及执行器故障的航天器姿态跟踪控制问题,本文提出了基于自适应快速非奇异终端滑模的有限时间收敛故障容错控制方案.通过引入能够避免奇异点,且具有有限时间收敛特性的快速非奇异终端滑模面,设计了满足多约束条件有限时间收敛的姿态跟踪容错控制律,利用参数自适应方法使控制器不依赖转动惯量和外部干扰的上界信息.Lyapunov稳定性分析表明:在存在外部干扰、转动惯量矩阵不确定以及执行器故障等约束条件下,本文设计的控制律能够保证闭环系统的快速收敛性,而且对执行器故障具有良好的容错性能.数值仿真校验了该控制律在姿态跟踪控制中的优良性能.     

In-orbit thruster calibration techniques and experiment results with UoSAT-12

In this paper, two practical thrusters calibration approaches are proposed, discussed and evaluated through in-orbit flight tests. In the single thruster pulse method, one thruster is commanded to fire for a fixed period to produce a pulsed external torque disturbance. Reaction wheels are used to stabilize the satellite subject to the thruster firings. Magnetorquer coils are switched off during the experiment to reduce the external magnetic disturbances. A preliminary test without thruster firing is used to record the unmodelled external disturbances. The resulting satellite attitude responses and reaction wheel status subject to the thruster firings are recorded for calibration analyses. A batch filter algorithm is developed to estimate the thruster torque coefficients from the recorded experimental data. In the autonomous method, a repetitive torque disturbance (by using a reaction wheel) is exerted to the stabilized satellite, the cold-gas thrusters are then applied in an on-board control system to stabilize the satellite attitude. By recording the known attitude disturbances and the thruster controller outputs, a recursive least-squares algorithm is used to process the recorded data and to estimate the thruster parameters. Both simulation and in-orbit test results are presented to evaluate the performance and design objectives. The in-orbit test results converge to the same values using the two different approaches.     

Velocity-free fault-tolerant control allocation for flexible spacecraft with redundant thrusters

This paper proposes a novel velocity-free nonlinear proportional-integral (PI) control allocation scheme for fault-tolerant attitude control of flexible spacecraft under thruster redundancy. More specifically, the nonlinear PI controller for attitude stabilisation without using body angular velocity measurements is first designed as a virtual control of the control allocator to produce the three-axis moments, and can ultimately guarantee uniform boundedness of the closed-loop system in the presence of external disturbances and possible faults. The associated stability proof is constructive and accomplished by the development of passivity filter formulations together with the choice of a Lyapunov function containing mixed terms involving the various states. Then, a robust least-squares-based control allocation is employed to deal with the problem of distributing the three-axis moments over the available thrusters under redundancy, in which the focus of this control allocation is to find the optimal control vector of the actuator by minimising the worst-case residual, under the condition of thruster faults and control constraints like saturation. Simulation results using the orbiting flexible spacecraft model show good performance under external disturbances and even in different thruster fault scenarios, which validates the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed scheme.     

Third‐order sliding mode fault‐tolerant control for satellites based on iterative learning observer

The attitude fault‐tolerant control problem for a satellite with reaction‐wheel failures, uncertainties, and unknown external disturbances is investigated in this paper. Firstly, an iterative learning observer (ILO) is proposed to achieve fault detection, isolation, and estimation. Secondly, based on the ILO, a third‐order sliding mode controller is proposed to stabilize the satellite attitude rapidly under unknown external disturbances and reaction‐wheel faults. Thirdly, the asymptotically stability of the ILO and the third‐order sliding mode controller is proved by using the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, simulation results demonstrate that the proposed control scheme is more effective and feasible by comparing with other fault‐tolerant control approach.     

Adaptive compensation control for special actuator circumstances with input quantization

In this article, considering actuator constraints and possible failures, an adaptive compensation control scheme is developed to realize tracking control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with quantized inputs. A new variable is generated to evaluate the effect of actuator saturation and is used in the process of controller design to compensate for the influence of actuator saturation constraint. Moreover, the controller is able to show certain accommodation capability to tolerate possible actuator failures and input quantization error via integrating parameter update process of unknown fault constants into adaption of parametric uncertainties under the backstepping procedure. Specifically, actuator saturation effect and possible actuator failures as well as input quantization error can be dealt with uniformly under the framework of the proposed scheme and the control system has certain robustness to external disturbances. It is proved that all the signals of the closed‐loop system are ensured to be bounded and the tracking error is enabled to converge toward a compact set, which is adjustable by tuning design parameters. Finally, experiments are carried out on an active suspension plant to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Thruster fault diagnosis and accommodation for open-frame underwater vehicles

This paper introduces a novel thruster fault diagnosis and accommodation system (FDAS) for open-frame underwater vehicles. Basically, the FDAS is a control allocator, but this primary function is enhanced with the ability of automatic thruster fault detection and accommodation. The proposed FDAS consists of two subsystems: a fault diagnosis subsystem (FDS) and a fault accommodation subsystem (FAS). The FDS uses fault detector units (FDUs), associated with each thruster, to monitor their state. Robust and reliable FDUs are based on integration of self-organising maps and fuzzy logic clustering methods. These units are able to detect internal and external faulty states of thrusters. The FAS uses information provided by the FDS to accommodate faults and perform an appropriate control reallocation. A control energy cost function is used as the optimisation criteria. The FAS uses weighted pseudo-inverse to find the solution of the control allocation problem, which minimise this criteria. Two approximations (truncation or scaling) can be used to ensure feasibility of the solution. The proposed FDS is evaluated with data obtained during test trials. The feasible region concept, related with the problem of thruster velocity saturation, is developed in order to provide geometrical interpretation of the control allocation problem. The proposed FDAS is implemented as a Simulink model (ROV simulator), in order to evaluate its performance in different faulty situations.     

推进器饱和约束的水面无人艇固定时间精准跟踪控制

针对复杂扰动、完全未知系统动态以及推进器饱和约束的水面无人艇高精度跟踪控制问题,提出一种基于固定时间非奇异终端滑模的无模型固定时间精准跟踪控制(MFPTC)方案.首先,设计有限时间集总观测器,精确重构和补偿集总未知项;其次,引入自适应辅助系统消除推进器饱和特性,使得MFPTC方案在饱和约束下实现期望时间内对预定轨迹的精准跟踪;进而,基于反正切函数构造固定时间幂次趋近律,加快滑模变量收敛速度且有效削弱控制抖振;最后,采用CyberShip Ⅱ实验模型进行仿真研究,结果验证所提出MFPTC方案的有效性与优越性.     

Finite‐time attitude‐tracking control for rigid spacecraft with actuator failures and saturation constraints

In this article, the problem of finite‐time attitude‐tracking control for rigid spacecraft is addressed. Uncertainties caused by external disturbances, unknown inertial matrix, actuator failures, and saturation constraints are tackled simultaneously. First, a smooth function that is more qualified to approximate the standard saturation characteristics is presented to deal with the actuator saturation constraints. Second, a fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode (FNTSM) manifold is constructed as a foundation of controllers design. By incorporating the fuzzy logic system into FNTSM technique, a less demanding solution of coping with model uncertainties is provided because the requirement of a prior knowledge of unknown inertial parameters and external disturbances in many existing achievements is removed. To reduce the number of parameters to be estimated, the norm approximation approach is exploited. Subsequently, an antichattering attitude controller is presented such that all the tracking errors converge into arbitrary small domains around the origin in finite time. The result is further extended to obtain a fault‐tolerant controller against completely failed actuators. Finally, numerical simulation is conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme and comparison with relevant literature demonstrates its high performance. Furthermore, an experiment for the large satellite Hubble Space Telescope is carried out to validate the practical feasibility.