四旋翼无人机姿态系统的非线性容错控制设计

本文研究了四旋翼无人机执行器发生部分失效时的姿态控制问题.通过分析其动力学特性,将执行器故障以乘性因子加入系统模型,得到执行器故障情况下四旋翼无人机的姿态动力学模型.在同时存在未知外部扰动和执行器故障的情况下,设计了一种基于自适应滑模控制的容错控制器.利用基于Lyapunov的分析方法证明了所设计控制器的渐近稳定性.在四旋翼无人机实验平台上进行了实验,验证了该算法对存在未知外部扰动和执行器部分失效时四旋翼无人机的姿态控制具有较好的鲁棒性.     

基于故障程度的四旋翼无人机容错控制

针对四旋翼无人机执行机构部分失效故障,采用一组线性二次最优控制器,并且设计了可变因子二阶卡尔曼滤波器在线快速估计状态和检测故障。当故障被检测和诊断出来时,通过可变因子二阶卡尔曼滤波器调节,同时切换到相应的线性二次最优控制器使故障影响变小。最后,在Matlab实验平台上对所提方法的可行性和有效性进行仿真验证验证,结果表明四旋翼无人机执行机构在发生部分失效故障时,输出信号能够快速跟踪轨迹,实现了对执行机构部分失效故障的容错控制。     

具有执行器故障的四旋翼无人机有限时间容错控制

本文主要研究了四旋翼无人机在外部干扰、执行器存在部分失效和偏置故障并发情况下有限时间轨迹跟踪的控制问题. 通过分析四旋翼无人机动力学特性, 构建了带有外部干扰、执行器机构故障的动力学模型. 基于鲁棒全局快速终端滑模控制算法, 设计了一种有限时间容错控制器, 提高了系统对故障的响应速度. 其次, 针对常值/时变故障和干扰,在控制器设计中采用改进的连续函数进行补偿, 减少了由切换函数引起的系统抖振, 并基于Lyapunov函数对控制器的稳定性进行了分析. 最后, 通过仿真实验验证了所设计控制器的有效性和可靠性, 同时存在执行器故障和外部干扰的情况下, 无人机能够实现较好的轨迹跟踪性能.     

四旋翼无人机轨迹跟踪的容错控制

针对四旋翼无人机轨迹跟踪的容错控制问题,提出了一个鲁棒[H∞]控制和干扰观测器与故障估计器相结合的容错复合控制器的方法。在外部有界扰动和加性故障的条件下,实现对四旋翼无人机的轨迹跟踪。将四旋翼无人机非线性动态模型解耦成独立的外环位置控制系统和内环角度控制系统,引入区间矩阵对系统参数进行描述,使用干扰观测器和故障估计器进行干扰和故障的估计和补偿。然后设计一个复合控制器既能更好地抑制干扰又能保证无人机在自身存在故障的情况下平稳飞行。通过仿真证明该方法的有效性。     

四旋翼无人机时延模糊自抗扰容错控制

针对四旋翼无人机系统执行器故障问题,为改善飞行控制系统性能,提出一种时延模糊自抗扰容错控制。首先,根据四旋翼无人机系统非线性数学模型和执行器故障模型,选择模糊自抗扰控制器作为基准控制器,在未发生执行器故障的情况下,使飞行控制系统保持稳定;其次,在发生执行器故障的情况下,利用时延控制技术估计故障信息,并与模糊自抗扰控制相结合,实现容错控制;最后,对所研究的容错控制算法进行数值仿真分析,仿真结果表明:把时延控制与模糊自抗扰控制相结合,能有效调节执行器故障,使飞行控制系统对故障产生的干扰具有良好的鲁棒性。     

多无人机编队递归非奇异终端滑模容错控制

为解决四旋翼无人机编队飞行过程中易受到外部干扰、空气阻力、执行器故障等不确定因素影响的问题,提出了一种基于补偿函数观测器(CFO)的递归非奇异终端滑模控制(RNTSMC)方法来提高四旋翼无人机编队系统性能。首先,引入具有高精度估计的补偿函数观测器,实时估计外部干扰、执行器故障等信息,通过设计递归积分终端滑模面改进非奇异终端滑模面等效控制器对估计信息进行补偿控制,并给定滑模面初始值,保证两滑模面依次连续到达平衡点,确保跟踪误差在有限的时间内快速收敛到0。其次,根据长机-僚机法建立编队模型,基于滑模控制理论,设计编队协同控制器,保证无人机编队完成飞行任务。最后,通过对比仿真结果表明,该方法对四旋翼无人机编队具有良好的容错性能。     

具有执行器故障的四旋翼无人机自适应预定性能控制

针对具有执行器故障的四旋翼无人机,提出一种自适应预定性能控制方案.首先,基于内环姿态控制及外环位置控制的双闭环控制策略,将无人机系统解耦为位置子系统和姿态子系统;其次,设计自适应控制方案,对存在的执行器故障参数进行自适应估计,有效地解决了执行器故障下无人机稳定控制问题;然后,提出一种预定性能控制策略,保证系统的暂稳态性能满足预先给定的性能指标;最后,通过仿真实例验证所提出方法的有效性.     

基于遗传算法的四旋翼无人机系统参数辨识

建立准确地系统模型是实现四旋翼无人机的自动飞行控制的基础,为此提出了一种遗传算法,并将其应用于四旋翼无人机系统参数辨识当中。首先,根据四旋翼受力分析建立了小角度下的线性系统模型;然后,将遗传算法应用于线性模型未知参数的辨识中;最后,分别对比了滚转、俯仰和偏航方向的加速度值与实际测量值。实验结果表明在悬停状态或小角度飞行状态下,该辨识方法能够建立比较精确的系统模型。     

四旋翼无人机参数预测和抗扰动自适应轨迹跟踪控制

为了降低外界环境对四旋翼无人机飞行轨迹的扰动性,提高无人机的控制精度,提出1种基于滑模控制的四旋翼无人机参数预测和抗扰动的自适应轨迹跟踪控制器。这种控制器对四旋翼无人机系统的不确定状态参数、气流、风阻和执行器故障等外界扰动进行预测,实现了对系统输入的状态补偿和扰动补偿,提高了无人机的轨迹跟踪效率和抗扰动能力,消除了机体在飞行过程中的抖振现象,提高了无人机系统对环境的适应性和控制器的稳定性。通过仿真实验,分析了四旋翼无人机在不同控制器作用下的轨迹跟踪性能曲线,验证了所提出的控制器的优越性和有效性。     

基于浸入—不变集的三旋翼无人机高度系统自适应控制器设计

针对三旋翼无人机的研究集中于数学模型分析、简单的控制算法设计等起步阶段,且高度系统空气阻尼系数未知的情况,研究了三旋翼无人机高度系统的控制问题。基于浸入—不变集方法设计了一种控制三旋翼无人机跟踪目标高度的自适应控制器,根据三旋翼无人机飞行运动特点,推导了三旋翼无人机运动数学模型,完成了控制器参数设计和气动参数选择,采用Lyapunov分析方法对所设计控制器的渐近稳定性进行了理论证明,并对未知空气阻尼系数进行了在线估计,最终在三旋翼无人机实验平台上在环仿真实验验证。实验结果表明,高度跟踪误差在0-6秒可较好地趋于收敛,控制阻尼系数估计值也较好地收敛于合理的范围,表明该算法稳态误差小,收敛速度快,具有较好的控制性能和较强的实用性。     

A fault tolerant tracking control for a quadrotor UAV subject to simultaneous actuator faults and exogenous disturbances

ABSTRACT

An observer-based robust adaptive Fault Tolerant Control approach is proposed in this paper to tackle the problem of trajectory tracking for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) suffering simultaneous actuator faults, exogenous disturbances and actuator saturation limits. An adaptive fuzzy state observer is proposed to estimate the immeasurable states by using fuzzy logic systems to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions of the uncertain system model. Based on the estimates of the fuzzy observer, an Integral Terminal Sliding Mode Controller that guarantees finite time convergence of the states to a small neighbourhood of zero, even under impaired conditions, is developed. Stability analysis was carried over using the Lyapunov method. The proposed approach was implemented to a quadrotor UAV and its performance was assessed under nominal conditions, and by subjecting the quadrotor to disturbances, simultaneously occurring actuator faults and input saturation limits. Excellent tracking performance and robustness even under worst-case scenarios are among the positive features of the proposed approach.     

四旋翼无人机不匹配扰动抗干扰控制

针对四旋翼无人机存在的不匹配干扰和执行器故障等现象,提出了一种基于有限时间观测器的飞行控制方案。从无人机的运动学模型出发,构建了受执行器故障和不匹配干扰影响的控制模型。将干扰观测器与非奇异终端滑模控制 (NTSMC) 方法相结合,以实现复合抗干扰和容错控制器设计。首先,设计了两个非线性有限时间扰动观测器来估计不匹配扰动和执行器故障,有限时间观测器使得估计误差在有限时间内收敛到零。其次,将观测器与NTSMC控制方法结合,以在有限的时间内实现跟踪,并有效地减少抖振。最后,从理论和仿真验证了控制方法的有效性和所期望的控制性能。     

Dynamic surface active fault tolerant control design for the attitude control systems of UAV with actuator fault

In this paper, an active fault tolerant control (FTC) approach based on transient performance index is proposed for the attitude control systems of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with actuator fault. The nonlinear attitude control system model for UAV with actuator faults is given, which represents the dynamic characteristics of UAV. A fault diagnosis component is used for fault detection and estimation. According to the fault estimation information obtained during the fault diagnosis, the fault tolerant control scheme is developed by adopting the adaptive dynamic surface control technique, which guarantees the asymptotic output tracking and ultimate uniform boundedness of the closed-loop attitude control systems of UAV in actuator faulty case. Further, a prescribed transient performance of the FTC attitude control systems is considered which characterizes the convergence rate and maximum overshoot of the attitude tracking error. Finally, simulation results are shown that the attitude control system states remain bounded and the output tracking errors converge to a neighborhood of zero.     

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.      

Experimental Test of a Two-Stage Kalman Filter for Actuator Fault Detection and Diagnosis of an Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter

This paper addresses the problem of Faut Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) of a quadrotor helicopter system in the presence of actuator faults. To this end a Two-Stage Kalman Filter (TSKF) is used to simultaneously estimate and isolate possible faults in each actuator. The faults are modelled as losses in control effectiveness of rotors. Three fault scenarios are investigated: loss of control effectiveness in one single actuator, simultaneous loss of control effectiveness in all motors, and loss of control effectiveness in three motors with different magnitudes. The developed FDD algorithm is evaluated through experimental application to an unmanned quadrotor helicopter testbed available at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of Concordia University, called Qball-X4. The obtained results show the effectiveness of the proposed FDD method.     

Adaptive fault‐tolerant control for a nonlinear flexible aircraft wing system

Fault‐tolerant control problems have been extensively studied in all kinds of control systems. However, there is little work on fault‐tolerant control for distributed parameter systems. In this paper, a novel adaptive fault‐tolerant boundary control scheme is proposed for a nonlinear flexible aircraft wing system against actuator faults. The whole system is regarded as a distributed parameter system, and the dynamic model of the flexible wing system is described by a set of partial differential equations (PDEs) and ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The proposed controller is designed by using the Lyapunov's direct method and adaptive control strategies. Based on the online estimation of actuator faults, the adaptive controller parameters can update automatically to compensate the actuator faults of the system. Besides, a fault‐tolerant controller is also developed for this system in the presence of external disturbances. Differing from existing works about adaptive fault‐tolerant control, the adaptive controller presented in this paper is designed for a distributed parameter system. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.