Higher order sliding mode control based on integral sliding mode

A higher order sliding mode control scheme for uncertain nonlinear systems is proposed in the present paper. It is shown that the problem is equivalent to the finite time stabilization of higher order input-output dynamics with bounded uncertainties (r∈N). The controller uses integral sliding mode concept and contains two parts. A part achieves finite time stabilization of the higher order input-output dynamics without uncertainties. The other part rejects bounded uncertainties throughout the entire response of the system. As a result, a higher order sliding mode is established. The advantages of the method are that its implementation is easy, the time convergence is chosen in advance and the robustness is ensured. An illustrative example of a car control shows the applicability of the method.     

基于高阶滑模观测器的自适应时变滑模再入姿态控制

针对再入飞行器鲁棒姿态控制问题, 提出一种基于高阶滑模观测器的自适应时变滑模控制器设计方法. 首先, 设计了一种时变滑模面, 并在此基础上推导了相应的时变滑模控制律, 其中滑模控制中切换增益通过一种自适应算法获得, 消除了控制器设计过程中对系统不确定性上界已知的要求; 然后, 利用高阶滑模观测器对控制器设计过程中用到的姿态角导数信息进行观测, 同时能够获得系统扰动估计值, 从而构造一种基于观测器的控制器形式; 最后, 通过仿真验证了所提出的控制算法在提高再入飞行器姿态控制精度以及系统鲁棒性方面的有效性.     

Second-order terminal sliding mode control for hypersonic vehicle in cruising flight with sliding mode disturbance observer

This paper focuses on the design of nonlinear robust controller and disturbance observer for the longitudinal dynamics of a hypersonic vehicle (HSV) in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. First, by combining terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) and second-order sliding mode control (SOSMC) approach, the secondorder terminal sliding control (2TSMC) is proposed for the velocity and altitude tracking control of the HSV. The 2TSMC possesses the merits of both TSMC and SOSMC, which can provide fast convergence, continuous control law and hightracking precision. Then, in order to increase the robustness of the control system and improve the control performance, the sliding mode disturbance observer (SMDO) is presented. The closed-loop stability is analyzed using the Lyapunov technique. Finally, simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, as well as the improved overall performance over the conventional sliding mode control (SMC).     

Adaptive sliding mode control and observation

ABSTRACT

This editorial article gives a short introduction to Special Issue of International Journal of Control on Adaptive Sliding Mode Control and Observation.     

New methodologies for adaptive sliding mode control

This article proposes new methodologies for the design of adaptive sliding mode control. The goal is to obtain a robust sliding mode adaptive-gain control law with respect to uncertainties and perturbations without the knowledge of uncertainties/perturbations bound (only the boundness feature is known). The proposed approaches consist in having a dynamical adaptive control gain that establishes a sliding mode in finite time. Gain dynamics also ensures that there is no overestimation of the gain with respect to the real a priori unknown value of uncertainties. The efficacy of both proposed algorithms is confirmed on a tutorial example and while controlling an electropneumatic actuator.     

Decentralized sliding mode control for flexible link robots

A technique using augmented sliding mode control for robust, real-time control of flexible multiple link robots is presented. For the purpose of controller design, the n-link, n-joint robot is subdivided into n single joint, single link subsystems. A sliding surface for each subsystem is specified so as to be globally, asymptotically stable. Each sliding surface contains rigid-body angular velocity, angular displacement and flexible body generalized velocities. The flexible body generalized accelerations are treated as disturbances during the controller design. This has the advantage of not requiring explicit equations for the flexible body motion. The result is n single input, single output controllers acting at the n joints of the robot, controlling rigid body angular displacement and providing damping for flexible body modes. Furthermore, the n controllers can be operated in parallel so that compute speed is independent of the number of links, affording real-time, robust, control.     

多关节机器人的神经滑模控制

针对含有建模误差和不确定干扰的多关节机械臂轨迹跟踪控制,提出了一种神经滑模控制方法。该方法采用全局快速终端滑模面保证了系统状态能够在有限时间内到达滑模面和平衡点。采用径向基函数神经网络自适应地补偿系统的建模误差和外界干扰,保证了滑模控制在滑模面的运动。利用李亚普诺夫稳定性判据推导出了控制器的控制律和神经网络的目标函数,通过神经网络的在线学习,削弱了滑模控制的抖振。仿真结果表明了其有效性。     

Adaptive terminal sliding mode control for rigid robotic manipulators

In order to apply the terminal sliding mode control to robot manipulators, prior knowledge of the exact upper bound of parameter uncertainties, and external disturbances is necessary. However, this bound will not be easily determined because of the complexity and unpredictability of the structure of uncertainties in the dynamics of the robot. To resolve this problem in robot control, we propose a new robust adaptive terminal sliding mode control for tracking problems in robotic manipulators. By applying this adaptive controller, prior knowledge is not required because the controller is able to estimate the upper bound of uncertainties and disturbances. Also, the proposed controller can eliminate the chattering effect without losing the robustness property. The stability of the control algorithm can be easily verified by using Lyapunov theory. The proposed controller is tested in simulation on a two-degree-of-freedom robot to prove its effectiveness.     

A closed‐loop nonlinear control and sliding mode estimation strategy for fluid flow regulation

Novel sliding mode observer (SMO) and robust nonlinear control methods are presented, which are shown to achieve finite‐time state estimation and asymptotic regulation of a fluid flow system. To facilitate the design and analysis of the closed‐loop active flow control (AFC) system, proper orthogonal decomposition–based model order reduction is utilized to express the Navier‐Stokes partial differential equations as a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The resulting reduced‐order model contains a measurement equation that is in a nonstandard mathematical form. This challenge is mitigated through the detailed design and analysis of an SMO. The observer is shown to achieve finite‐time estimation of the unmeasurable states of the reduced‐order model using direct sensor measurements of the flow field velocity. The estimated states are utilized as feedback measurements in a closed‐loop AFC system. To address the practical challenge of actuator bandwidth limitations, the control law is designed to be continuous. A rigorous Lyapunov‐based stability analysis is presented to prove that the closed‐loop flow estimation and control method achieves asymptotic regulation of a fluid flow field to a prescribed state. Numerical simulation results are also provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed closed‐loop AFC system, comparing 2 different designs for the SMO.     

High‐order sliding mode control design based on adaptive terminal sliding mode

High‐order sliding mode control techniques are proposed for uncertain nonlinear SISO systems with bounded uncertainties based on two different terminal sliding mode approaches. The tracking error of the output converges to zero in finite time by designing a terminal sliding mode controller. In addition, the adaptive control method is employed to identify bounded uncertainties for eliminating the requirement of boundaries needed in the conventional design. The controllers are derived using Lyapunov theory, so the stability of the closed‐loop system is guaranteed. In the first technique, the developed procedure removes the reaching phase of sliding mode and realizes global robustness. The proposed algorithms ensure establishment of high‐order sliding mode. An illustrative example of a car control demonstrates effectiveness of the presented designs. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

TORA系统基于自调节滑模干扰补偿器的解耦滑模控制

针对欠驱动TORA系统,提出一种基于自调节滑模干扰补偿器的解耦滑模控制方法。所提出的控制方法无需系统不确定性上界的先验信息,对于系统不确定性具有良好的适应性。该控制方法包括设计一种自调节滑模干扰补偿器和一种新型的双幂次趋近律,所设计的自调节滑模干扰补偿器能够利用切换增益自适应算法准确逼近上界未知的系统不确定性,所提出的新型双幂次趋近律能够保证系统状态的快速趋近并抑制控制器的高频抖动。采用Lyapunov稳定性理论证明闭环控制系统的稳定性,并通过数值仿真实验验证所提出的控制方法的有效性。     

一种改进的自适应滑模控制及其在航天器姿态控制中的应用

针对刚体航天器的鲁棒姿态控制问题,提出一种改进的自适应滑模控制(ASMC)算法.该算法除了不需要事先知道扰动及系统参数不确定性的上界外,还有效地解决了现有ASMC设计中对切换增益的过度适应问题.该算法具有以下优点:1)自适应的切换增益更接近扰动及参数不确定性的上界,能够产生低抖振的控制信号;2)控制力矩更为平滑,适于工程应用.仿真结果验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

无抖振离散滑模趋近律

针对离散滑模趋近律形式多样且容易产生高频抖振的问题,提出了离散滑模趋近律的一般形式,并给出了无抖振的到达条件及其理论证明,从一般意义上为离散滑模趋近律的设计提供了理论依据。针对满足匹配条件的不确定系统,给出了切换函数收敛域的推导方法,推导了无抖振的最小收敛域。以典型的高氏指数趋近律为例,利用无抖振的到达条件,对其一般形式进行了无抖振改进,验证了所提出方法的有效性。     

带有干扰观测器的高超声速飞行器滑模控制

针对高超声速飞行器非线性和易受干扰影响的特点,提出了带有扩张状态干扰观测器的连续滑模控制方法.在对飞行器非线性模型做线性化处理的基础上,设计了一种连续时间滑模控制器.该控制器在对不确定性和未知动态保持鲁棒性的基础上,消除了传统滑模中存在的抖振现象.对系统中存在的外加干扰,设计了扩张状态干扰观测器.将外加干扰作为系统的一个状态变量被估计出来,再将估计值用作滑模控制器的补偿量,进而达到消除外干扰的目的.在高超声速飞行器巡航飞行状态的基础上进行了仿真.仿真结果表明,所提出的方案能够满足控制要求.     

Multirate sliding mode disturbance compensation for model predictive control

In this paper, a novel hierarchical multirate control scheme for nonlinear discrete‐time systems is presented, consisting of a robust nonlinear model predictive controller (NMPC) and a multirate sliding mode disturbance compensator (MSMDC). The proposed MSMDC acts at a faster rate than the NMPC in order to keep the system as close as possible to the nominal trajectory predicted by NMPC despite model uncertainties and external disturbances. The a priori disturbance compensation turns out to be very useful in order to improve the robustness of the NMPC controller. A dynamic input allocation between MSMDC and NMPC allows to maximize the benefits of the proposed scheme that unites the advantages of sliding mode control (strong reduction of matched disturbances, low computational burden) to those of NMPC (optimality, constraints handling). Sufficient conditions required to guarantee input‐to‐state stability and constraints satisfaction by the overall scheme are also provided. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new terminal sliding mode control for robotic manipulators

In this study, a new terminal sliding mode control approach is developed for robotic manipulators based on finite-time stability theory and differential inequality principle. The corresponding stability analysis is presented to lay a foundation for theoretical understanding to the underlying design issue as well as safe operation for real system. An illustrative example of a two-link rigid robotic manipulator is presented to validate effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

基于动态滑模控制的挠性航天器姿态控制

本文采用滑动模态控制方法对挠性航天器设计了姿态镇定控制律.首先,建立了挠性航天器的数学模型.其中,挠性航天器的运动学方程采用姿态四元数描述.然后,通过引入动态切换函数,设计挠性航天器的动态滑模姿态控制律.该控制律能对滑模姿态控制律中由符号函数项引起的抖振进行抑制.采用Lyapunov方法证明了所设计的动态滑模姿态控制律能使闭环航天器姿态系统稳定.最后,通过数值仿真例子验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

非匹配不确定系统的模糊滑模控制

研究多输入不确定系统的模糊滑模控制问题，利用动态补偿器和不等式技巧设计了滑动模态，解决了非匹配不确定性的抑制问题，并给出了保守性较小的滑模稳定性条件．为克服滑模的抖振，提出了用模糊数模型和双二次函数插值构造模糊滑模控制律的方法．仿真结果表明，该方法对于参数摄动和外部扰动具有良好的鲁棒性．     

The slippery road to sliding control: conventional versus dynamical sliding mode control

Theory and design of a conventional sliding mode controller (CSMC) and a dynamical sliding mode controller (DSMC) are discussed and compared. The controllers are applicable to uncertain nonlinear MIMO systems. Emphasis is put on handling of unmodelled dynamics, tuning of controller parameters, suppression of chattering, and robust tracking performance. Experiments are performed with a mechanical manipulator. Errors in the model of this manipulator are due to, amongst other things, neglected flexibilities. It is concluded that for this set-up the robustness to these model-reality differences is approximately the same for both controllers, while nominal performance is best for the CSMC. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fault tolerant sliding mode control for T-S fuzzy stochastic time-delay system via a novel sliding mode observer approach

In this paper, a fault estimation and fault-tolerant control problem for a class of T-S fuzzy stochastic time-delay systems with actuator and sensor faults is investigated. A novel sliding mode observer is proposed, which can simultaneously estimate the system states, actuator and sensor faults with good accuracy. Based on the state and actuator fault estimation, a new sliding mode control scheme is developed, which can effectively eliminate the influence of actuator fault. Sufficient conditions for the existence of the proposed observer and fault-tolerant sliding mode controller are provided in terms of linear matrix inequality, and moreover, the reachability of the sliding mode surface can be guaranteed under the proposed control scheme. The propose sliding mode observer and fault-tolerant sliding mode controller can overcome the restrictive assumption that the input matrix of all local modes is the same. Finally, a numerical example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed sliding mode observer and fault-tolerant sliding mode control technique.