Continuous output‐feedback control for a class of switched high‐order planar systems and its application

This paper deals with the problem of continuous output‐feedback stabilization for a class of switched high‐order planar systems under arbitrary switchings. Based on the common Lyapunov function design method, by using the adding a power integrator technique and designing an implementable observer, a continuous output‐feedback controller is constructed such that the closed‐loop system is global stabilization and the output can be regulated to the origin. As an application, the developed strategy is utilized to the control design for the continuous stirred tank reactor with two modes feed stream. The simulation results verify the efficiency of the proposed design scheme. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust adaptive DSC of directly input‐coupled nonlinear systems with input unmodeled dynamics and time‐varying output constraints

In this paper, an adaptive robust dynamic surface control is proposed for a class of uncertain nonlinear interconnected systems with time‐varying output constraints and dynamic input and output coupling. The directly coupled inputs and control inputs are both of nonlinear input unmodeled dynamics. To counteract the instable impact of the nonlinear input unmodeled dynamics, normalization signals are designed on the basis of the convergence rates of their Lyapunov functions. With new state variables and control variables being defined, the real control inputs are obtained through solving the equations of intermediate control laws. The time‐varying constraints on output signals are implemented by introducing asymmetric barrier Lyapunov functions. In addition, dynamic signals and decentralized K‐filters are used to deal with the state unmodeled dynamics and to estimate the unmeasurable states, respectively. By the theoretical analysis, the signals in the closed‐loop system are proved to be semi‐globally uniformly ultimately bounded, and the output constraints are guaranteed simultaneously. A numerical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Simultaneous Mixed LQR/H∞ Control Approach to the Design of Reliable Active Suspension Controllers

This paper is concerned with the synthesis of reliable controllers for quarter‐car active suspension systems. By a simultaneous mixed LQR/H_∞ control approach, a static output feedback controller is derived for guaranteeing good suspension performance under possible sensor fault or suspension component breakdown. The considered simultaneous mixed LQR/H_∞ control problem is a nonconvex optimization problem; therefore, the linear matrix inequality approach is not applicable. Based on the barrier method, we solve an auxiliary minimization problem to get an approximate solution for the simultaneous mixed LQR/H_∞ control problem. Necessary conditions for the local optimum of the auxiliary minimization problem are derived. Moreover, a three‐stage solution algorithm is developed for solving the auxiliary minimization problem. The simulation shows that the obtained static output feedback suspension controllers can improve suspension performance in nominal mode and all considered failure modes.     

软体微手鲁棒非线性控制设计

软体驱动器是构建智能软体机器人的基石。然而,由于软体驱动器具有非线性、耦合和不确定性等复杂的特性,如何对其进行有效建模与控制是目前极需解决的难题。以一种由三支单腔双向弯曲软驱动器构成的软体微手为研究对象,对其进行了鲁棒非线性控制设计研究。首先,进行了鲁棒非线性控制系统的总体结构设计分析。其次,对如何设计算子控制器、跟踪控制器、算子观测器实现其对软体微手的弯曲角度和力进行控制进行了分析和讨论。接着,分析和研究了鲁棒稳定和跟踪条件。最后,通过基于实验数据的仿真验证了所提方案的可行性和有效性。     

一种新的被控混沌系统抗干扰控制器设计方法

为解决冷却塔风机传动轴运行过程中断裂甩出的问题,在分析传动轴断裂现象及原因的前提下,提出了在联轴器上安装扇形片,以槽型光电开关为信号采集元件,以可编程控制器为信号处理元件的传动轴断裂监控新方法;利用槽式光电开关反应速度快,不受环境光影响的特点,提高监测的精准性;利用交错的扇形片相互旋转时夹角缝隙对旋转角度的放大作用,将联轴器细微错位放大,提高系统监控的灵敏性;监测系统实现了对传动轴断裂的预先判断,程序控制风机停机报警,保护传动轴及相关设施。     

基于动态调整的多目标粒子群优化算法

为了改善多目标粒子群优化算法生成的最终Pareto前端的多样性和收敛性,提出了一种针对多目标粒子群算法进化状态的检测机制.通过对外部Pareto解集的更新情况进行检测,进而评估算法的进化状态,获取反馈信息来动态调整进化策略,使得算法在进化过程中兼顾近似Pareto前端的多样性和收敛性.最后,在ZDT系列测试函数中,将本文算法与其他4种对等算法比较,证明了本文算法生成的最终Pareto前端在多样性和收敛性上均有显著的优势.     

三自由度直升机多模型LQR控制器设计

通过对三自由度直升机模型实验系统的总体分析,引入了多模型切换思想,建立了多模型LQR控制器。针对多模型LQR控制器将数学模型以高度角和俯仰角两个角度为变量建立多模型集合,运用Matlab搭建仿真对控制器进行仿真实验,并通过直升机高度角、俯仰角和旋转角的跟踪准确性、快速性以及超调量大小等控制指标,直接地度量控制器控制效果的好坏,将控制效果最优的多模型LQR控制器应用于直升机实物模型之上,运用Matlab中的实时工作空间（RTW）和Quanser公司专用控制软件Wincon实现对直升机实物的实时控制,控制效果良好。     

抗磁悬浮能量采集器振动与输出特性分析

对抗磁悬浮振动能量采集器中悬浮永磁体的非线性振动特性进行了分析,并在此基础上分析了感应线圈结构参数对输出特性的影响.利用MATLAB软件的Simulink组件仿真分析采集器的非线性振动特性,利用有限元分析软件COMSOL对能量采集器的输出特性进行了仿真分析.通过改变线圈参数发现,在线圈体积一定时,输出功率变化很小,电压随着铜线直径减小增加很快,所以可以通过微细加工减小铜线直径的方法来提高线圈的输出电压.最终在线圈总体积约为6.4 mm3,铜线直径为0.02 mm,匝数为500匝时,得到的电压峰值达到约93.8 mV.     

Global output‐feedback stabilization for high‐order nonlinear systems with unknown growth rate

This paper considers the global stabilization via time‐varying output‐feedback for a class of high‐order uncertain nonlinear systems with rather weak assumptions. Essentially different from the existing literature, the systems under investigation simultaneously have more serious nonlinearities, unknowns, immeasurableness, and time‐variations, which are indicated from the unknown time‐varying control coefficients and the higher‐order and lower‐order unmeasured states dependent growth with the rate of unknown function of time and output. Recognizing that adaptive technique is quite hard to apply, a time‐varying design scheme is proposed by combining time‐varying approach, certainty equivalence principle and homogeneous domination approach. One key point in the design scheme is the selection of the design functions of time, in order to compensate/capture the serious unknowns and serious time‐variations, and another one is the design of a time‐varying observer to rebuild the unmeasured system states. With the appropriate choice of the involved design functions, the designed controller makes all the signals of the closed‐loop system globally bounded and ultimately converge to zero. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A low‐complexity design for distributed containment control of networked pure‐feedback systems and its application to fault‐tolerant control

This paper addresses a low‐complexity distributed containment control problem and its extension to fault‐tolerant control for networked nonlinear pure‐feedback systems under a directed graph. The multiple dynamic leaders are neighbors of only a subset of the followers described by completely non‐affine multi‐input multi‐output pure‐feedback dynamics. It is assumed that all followers' nonlinearities are heterogeneous and unknown. The proposed containment controller is implemented by using only error surfaces integrated by performance bounding functions and does not require any differential equations for compensating uncertainties and faults. Thus, compared with the previous containment control approaches for multi‐agent systems with unknown non‐affine nonlinearities, the distributed containment control structure is simplified. In addition, it is shown that the proposed control scheme can be applied to the fault‐tolerant containment control problem in the presence of unexpected system and actuator faults, without reconstructing any control structure. It is shown from Lyapunov stability theorem that all followers nearly converge to the dynamic convex hull spanned by the dynamic leaders and the containment control errors are preserved within certain given predefined bounds. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.