控制力矩陀螺框架伺服系统期望补偿自适应鲁棒控制

本文针对控制力矩陀螺框架伺服系统中存在的参数不确定性、摩擦非线性及外部干扰问题,提出了一种考虑LuGre摩擦的自适应鲁棒控制方法.针对陀螺框架伺服系统未知惯量和阻尼系数、LuGre摩擦参数不确定性及未知外部干扰上界,设计参数更新律对其进行估计.在此基础上,为提高系统对不确定参数及未知干扰的鲁棒性,设计带有期望补偿的自适应鲁棒控制器,可实现对LuGre摩擦非线性的精确补偿,同时减小测量信号噪声及外部干扰对系统的不利影响.应用Lyapunov稳定性理论分析了闭环系统的稳定性.对挠性航天器姿态机动控制的仿真结果,验证了所提方法的有效性.     

Robust and adaptive variable structure output feedback control of uncertain systems with input nonlinearity

This brief proposes a robust control algorithm for stabilization of a three-axis stabilized flexible spacecraft in the presence of parametric uncertainty, external disturbances and control input nonlinearity/dead-zone. The designed controller based on adaptive variable structure output feedback control satisfies the global reaching condition of sliding mode and ensures that the system state globally converges to the sliding mode. A modified version of the proposed control law is also designed for adapting the unknown upper bounds of the lumped uncertainties and perturbations. The stability of the system under the modified control law is established. Numerical simulations show that the precise attitude pointing and vibration suppression can be accomplished using the derived robust or adaptive controller.     

SGCMGs驱动的挠性航天器有限时间自适应鲁棒控制

针对挠性航天器系统中同时存在单框架控制力矩陀螺群(Single gimbaled control moment gyroscopes, SGCMGs) 摩擦非线性、电磁干扰力矩、惯量摄动以及外部干扰等问题, 提出了一种有限时间自适应鲁棒控制(Finite-time adaptive robust control, FTARC) 方法. 针对系统中存在未知参数的情况, 分别设计自适应更新律, 使得控制器的设计不依赖参数信息, 同时减小外部干扰对系统的不利影响. 应用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明了闭环系统姿态角误差和姿态角速度误差可在有限时间内收敛到原点附近的邻域内. 仿真结果表明, 所提控制律可实现挠性航天器姿态快速机动, 并获得甚高指向精度.     

Adaptive fixed‐time fault‐tolerant control for rigid spacecraft using a double power reaching law

In this paper, an adaptive fixed‐time fault‐tolerant control scheme is presented for rigid spacecraft with inertia uncertainties and external disturbances. By using an inverse trigonometric function, a novel double power reaching law is constructed to speed up the state stabilization and reduce the chattering phenomenon simultaneously. Then, an adaptive fixed‐time fault‐tolerant controller is developed for the spacecraft with the actuator faults, such that the fixed‐time convergence of the attitude and angular velocity could be guaranteed, and no prior knowledge on the upper bound of the lumped uncertainties is required anymore in the controller design. Comparative simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and superior performance of the proposed scheme.     

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.     

Distributed attitude synchronization control for multiple flexible spacecraft without modal variable measurement

This paper solves the attitude synchronization and tracking problem for a group of flexible spacecraft without flexible‐mode variable measurement. The spacecraft formation is studied in a leader‐following synchronization scheme with a dynamic virtual leader. With the application of adaptive sliding‐mode control technique, a distributed modified Rodriguez parameters‐based dynamic controller is proposed for flexible spacecraft without requiring modal variable measurement. It is proved that the attitude synchronization and tracking can be achieved asymptotically under the control strategy through the Lyapunov's stability analysis. Furthermore, a distributed robust continuous control algorithm is designed to guarantee the ultimate boundedness of both the attitude tracking error and the modal variable observation error when bounded external disturbances exist. Some numerical simulation examples for multiple flexible spacecraft formation are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

非合作目标绕飞任务的航天器鲁棒姿轨耦合控制

本文研究了非合作目标强迫绕飞过程中存在外部干扰和参数不确定性以及控制输入饱和约束下的航天器鲁棒姿轨耦合控制问题.首先,根据视线坐标系下的轨道动力学方程和本体坐标系下的姿态动力学方程,建立了满足视线指向要求的航天器相对姿轨耦合动力学模型.其次,针对姿轨耦合模型,基于反步法设计了具有抗饱和能力的鲁棒自适应姿轨耦合控制律,其中利用抗饱和技术设计了饱和补偿器,并结合自适应方法对未知参数和扰动上界进行估计,并基于Lyapunov方法给出了闭环系统的稳定性证明.最后,将提出的控制方案进行了数值仿真和比较,验证了其有效性.     

Decentralized sliding‐mode control for attitude synchronization in spacecraft formation

This paper addresses attitude synchronization and tracking problems in spacecraft formation in the presence of model uncertainties and external disturbances. A decentralized adaptive sliding mode control law is proposed using undirected interspacecraft communication topology and analyzed based on algebraic graph theory. A multispacecraft sliding manifold is derived, on which each spacecraft approaches desired time‐varying attitude and angular velocity while maintaining attitude synchronization with the other spacecraft in the formation. A control law is then developed to ensure convergence to the sliding manifold. The stability of the resulting closed‐loop system is proved by application of Barbalat's Lemma. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed attitude synchronization and tracking methodology. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive fuzzy fault-tolerant attitude control of spacecraft

This paper investigates the attitude control of spacecraft in the presence of unknown mass moment of inertia matrix, external disturbances, actuator failures, and control input constraints. A robust adaptive controller is proposed with the utilization of fuzzy logic and backstepping techniques. The unit quaternion is employed to describe the attitude of spacecraft for global representation without singularities. The system uncertainty is estimated by introducing a fuzzy logic system. The adaptive mechanism has only two parameters to be adapted on-line because the adaptive law of the proposed controller is derived from the norm of the weight matrix. The stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed by Lyapunov direct approach. Results of numerical simulations state that the proposed controller is successful in achieving high attitude performance in the presence of parametric uncertainties, external disturbances, actuator failures, and control input constraints.     

Adaptive robust attitude control of a flexible spacecraft

A new attitude control strategy for rotational manoeuvre of an elastic spacecraft is presented. Adaptive sliding mode control with hybrid sliding surface (HSS) is used to minimize the effects of uncertainties, disturbances and the difficulties arising from measurement of flexible dynamic co‐ordinates. The model of the spacecraft considered as rigid central hub and two elastic appendages. Collocated actuators and sensors are placed on the rigid central hub. Stability proof of the overall closed‐loop system is given via Lyapunov analysis. Numerical simulations show that the attitude manoeuvres can be performed precisely and the elastic deformations of the flexible substructures are suppressed as well. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finite‐time attitude stabilization for rigid spacecraft

This paper investigates the finite‐time attitude stabilization problem for rigid spacecraft in the presence of inertia uncertainties and external disturbances. Three nonsingular terminal sliding mode (NTSM) controllers are designed to make the spacecraft system converge to its equilibrium point or a region around its equilibrium point in finite time. In addition, these novel controllers are singularity‐free, and the presented adaptive NTSM control (ANTSMC) laws are chattering‐free. A rigorous proof of finite‐time convergence is developed. The proposed ANTSMC algorithms combine NTSM, adaptation and a constant plus power rate reaching law. Because the algorithms require no information about inertia uncertainties and external disturbances, they can be used in practical systems, where such knowledge is typically unavailable. Simulation results support the theoretical analysis.Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive fault‐tolerant spacecraft attitude control using a novel integral terminal sliding mode

The attitude tracking of a rigid spacecraft is approached in the presence of uncertain inertias, unknown disturbances, and sudden actuator faults. First, a novel integral terminal sliding mode (ITSM) is designed such that the sliding motion realizes the action of a quaternion‐based nonlinear proportional‐derivative controller. More precisely, on the ITSM, the attitude dynamics behave equivalently to an uncertainty‐free system, and finite‐time convergence of the tracking error is achieved almost globally. A basic ITSM controller is then designed to ensure the ITSM from onset when an upper bound on the system uncertainties is known. Further, to remove this requirement, adaptive techniques are employed to compensate for the uncertainties, and the resultant adaptive ITSM controller stabilizes the system states to a small neighborhood around the sliding surface in finite time. The proposed schemes avoid the singularity intrinsic to terminal sliding mode‐based controllers and the unwinding phenomenon associated with some quaternion‐based controllers. Numerical examples demonstrate the advantageous features of the proposed algorithm. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

考虑输入受限的航天器安全接近姿轨耦合控制

针对存在外部扰动和输入受限的航天器安全接近的问题,当扰动上界未知时,基于积分滑模控制理论设计了抗饱和的有限时间自适应姿轨耦合控制器.控制器的设计过程中采用了新型的避碰函数限制追踪航天器运动区域进而保证接近过程中航天器的安全性,同时通过辅助系统和自适应算法分别处理了输入受限和扰动上界未知.借助李雅普诺夫理论证明了在控制器的作用下系统状态在有限时间内收敛,且能够保证追踪航天器在实现航天器接近的过程中不与目标航天器发生碰撞.最后通过数字仿真进一步验证了所设计控制器的有效性.     

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.     

Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Re-entry Attitude of Near Space Hypersonic Vehicle Based on Backstepping Design

Combining sliding mode control method with radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), this paper proposes a robust adaptive control scheme based on backstepping design for re-entry attitude tracking control of near space hypersonic vehicle (NSHV) in the presence of parameter variations and external disturbances. In the attitude angle loop, a robust adaptive virtual control law is designed by using the adaptive method to estimate the unknown upper bound of the compound uncertainties. In the angular velocity loop, an adaptive sliding mode control law is designed to suppress the effect of parameter variations and external disturbances. The main benefit of the sliding mode control is robustness to parameter variations and external disturbances. To further improve the control performance, RBFNNs are introduced to approximate the compound uncertainties in the attitude angle loop and angular velocity loop, respectively. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, the tracking errors are shown to be asymptotically stable. Simulation results show that the proposed control system attains a satisfied control performance and is robust against parameter variations and external disturbances.      

Characteristic Model-based Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control for Spacecraft with Variable Tilt of Flexible Structures

In this paper, the finite-time attitude tracking control problem for the spacecrafts with variable tilt of flexible appendages in the conditions of exogenous disturbances and inertia uncertainties is addressed. First the characteristic modeling method is applied to the problem of the spacecraft modeling. Second, a novel adaptive sliding mode surface is designed based on the characteristic model. Furthermore, a discrete-time sliding mode control (DTSMC) law, which makes the tracking error converge into a predefined bound in finite time, is proposed by employing the parameters of characteristic model associated with the sliding mode surface to provide better performances, robustness, faster response, and higher control precision. The designed DTSMC includes the adaptive control architecture and is chattering-free. Finally, digital simulations of a sun synchronous orbit satellite (SSOS) are presented to illustrate effectiveness of the control strategies as well as to verify the practical feasibility of the rapid maneuver mission.      

An enhanced anti-disturbance attitude control law for flexible spacecrafts subject to multiple disturbances

As well-known disturbance rejection methods, active disturbance rejection control and disturbance observer-based control can effectively improve the control performances of complex systems in the presence of disturbances. However, the accurate rejection of multiple disturbances for control systems of practical engineering, for example, the attitude control system of flexible spacecraft, is still a bottleneck problem. In order to further improve the anti-disturbance capability and reduce the conservativeness, this paper proposes a novel enhanced anti-disturbance control law for the attitude control system of flexible spacecraft by combining active disturbance rejection control and disturbance observer-based control in a unified framework. More specifically, the disturbance from flexible vibration is described by an uncertain exogenous system based on the partially known information including elastic damping ratios and modal frequencies. The disturbance observer-based control is utilized to estimate and thereby reject this disturbance. On the other hand, the other disturbances such as external environmental disturbance and complex model nonlinearity are merged into a equivalent disturbance with bounded derivative, which is compensated by using the active disturbance rejection control law. Stability and robustness analysis are carried out for the disturbance observer and extended state observer. Finally, simulation results of low-earth-orbit flexible satellite are presented to verify the effectiveness of proposed methods.     

Robust attitude and vibration control of a nonlinear flexible spacecraft

In this paper, the problem of attitude control of a three dimension nonlinear flexible spacecraft is investigated. Two nonlinear controllers are presented. The first controller is based on dynamic inversion, while the second approach is composed of dynamic inversion and µ‐synthesis schemes. It is assumed that only three torques in three directions on the hub are used. Actuator saturation is also considered in the design of controllers. To evaluate the performance of the proposed controllers, an extensive number of simulations on a nonlinear model of the spacecraft are performed. The performances of the proposed controllers are compared in terms of nominal performance, robustness to uncertainties, vibration suppression of panel, sensitivity to measurement noise, environmental disturbance and nonlinearity in large maneuvers. Simulation results confirm the ability of the proposed controller in tracking the attitude trajectory while suppressing the panel vibration. It is also verified that the perturbations, environment disturbances and measurement errors have only slight effects on the tracking and suppression performances. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Inertia‐free attitude stabilization for flexible spacecraft with active vibration suppression

This paper addresses the inertia‐free attitude control problem for flexible spacecraft in the presence of inertia uncertainties, external disturbances, actuator faults, measurement errors, and input magnitude and rate constraints (MRCs). By analyzing the influence of external disturbances, faulty signals, and actual inertial matrix, a lumped disturbance is reconstructed to facilitate the controller design. Then, a new intermediate observer is developed to estimate the attitude and modal information and the lumped disturbance. The Lyapunov stability analysis shows that the developed controller can achieve the objectives of the attitude stabilization and vibration suppression with input MRCs. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed control method.     

Robust attitude tracking control of flexible spacecraft for achieving globally asymptotic stability

The three‐axis attitude tracking control problem in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances for a spacecraft with flexible appendages is investigated in this paper. Novel simple robust Lyapunov‐based controllers that require only the attitude and angular velocity measurement are proposed. The first controller is a discontinuous one composed of a nonlinear PD part plus a sign function, whereas the second one is continuous or even smooth by modifying the discontinuous part of the first one. For a general desired trajectory, both controllers can achieve globally asymptotic stability of the attitude and angular velocity tracking errors instead of ultimate boundedness. By using a two‐step proof technique, the partial stability of the proposed controllers for the resulting closed‐loop systems in the face of model uncertainties and unexpected disturbances is proven theoretically. To further enhance the control performance, a continuous controller is presented that utilizes the tracking errors for estimating the external disturbances. In addition, stability analysis is done. For all the developed controllers, numerical simulation results are provided to demonstrate their performance. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.