Adaptive sliding mode control for a general nonlinear multicompartment lung model with input pressure and rate saturation constraints

In this article, we develop an output feedback adaptive sliding mode controller for a general multicompartment lung mechanics model with nonlinear resistance and compliance respiratory parameters. Specifically, for a given clinically plausible reference volume pattern, we develop an adaptive sliding mode controller that accounts for input pressure and rate saturation constraints to automatically adjust the applied input pressure by the mechanical ventilator so that the total lung volume tracks the given reference pattern. The pressure due to lung muscle activity is also considered in the controller design. A Lyapunov‐based approach is presented to show convergence of the closed‐loop system, and the proposed control framework is applied to a two‐compartment lung model to show the efficacy of the proposed control method. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust control of a class of under-actuated mechanical systems with model uncertainty

Robust control of under-actuated mechanical systems (UMSs) with model uncertainty is still a challenging problem. For UMSs, the model parametric uncertainties make it difficult to precisely calculate the isolated equilibrium point corresponding to a fixed input. Without an accurate destination state, many set-point control methods cannot eliminate the positioning errors. An improved sliding mode control (ISMC) method is proposed to solve the robust control problem for a class of UMSs with model uncertainty and input disturbance. A balance variable is introduced in the sliding surface design to compensate for the disturbance caused by the inaccurate destination state, and the ISMC method is proposed to make the system state reach the sliding surface in finite time. Linear matrix inequality approach and particle swarm optimisation algorithm are applied to design the sliding mode surface parameters. The simulation results on an UMS are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

舰船混沌运动的单输入自适应变结构控制

针对在舰船混沌运动控制中由模型不确定性及外部扰动无法确知所引起的控制结果无法保证的问题,采用自适应控制与滑模变结构控制相结合的方法,在设计切换函数时,将符号函数转移到控制输入的一阶导数当中,有效抑制了变结构控制中的抖振问题,并提出了一种单输入自适应滑模变结构控制方法.实验结果表明,与传统滑模变结构控制相比,新方法能够在系统模型具有不确定性及未知外部扰动的情况下实现舰船混沌运动的良好控制,为舰船混沌运动控制提供了一种可靠的工程实现途径.     

Nonlinear Robust Adaptive Deterministic Control for Flexible Hypersonic Vehicles in the Presence of Input Constraint

A nonlinear deterministic robust control scheme is developed for a flexible hypersonic vehicle with input saturation. Firstly, the model analysis is conducted for the hypersonic vehicle model via the input‐output linearized technique. Secondly, the sliding mode manifold is designed based on homogeneity theory. Then an adaptive high order sliding mode control scheme is proposed to achieve tracking for the step change in altitude and velocity for hypersonic vehicles where the uncertainty boundary is unknown. Furthermore, the control input constraint is investigated and another new adaptive law is proposed to estimate the uncertainties and to guarantee the stability of the system with input saturation. Finally, the simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Adaptive Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control Design for Near Space Hypersonic Vehicles

This paper presents an adaptive nonsingular terminal sliding mode approach for the attitude control of near space hypersonic vehicles (NSHV) in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. Firstly, a novel nonsingular terminal sliding surface is developed and its finitetime convergence is analyzed. Then, an adaptive nonsingular terminal sliding mode control law is proposed, which is chattering free. In the proposed approach, all parameter uncertainties and external disturbances are lumped into one term, which is estimated by an adaptive uncertainty estimation for eliminating the boundary requirement needed in the conventional control design. Subsequently, stability of the closed-loop system is proven based on Lyapunov theory. Finally, the proposed approach is applied to the attitude control design for NSHV. Simulation results show that the proposed approach attains a satisfactory performance in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances.      

不确定输入时滞系统的滑模输出反馈控制

研究了在状态不可测,并且状态参数和控制输入矩阵同时存在不确定性的情况下,不确定输入时滞系统的滑模控制问题.为了有效克服不确定性和时滞对系统稳定性的影响,在状态估计空间选择了一种积分型的切换函数,设计了一种基于状态观测器的滑模控制器,并证明了所设计切换面的可达性.通过李亚普诺夫理论,给出了闭环系统渐近稳定的充分条件.数值仿真验证了算法的有效性.     

Automatic Train Operation Based on Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Control

This paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control(ATSMC) method for automatic train operation. The criterion for the design is keeping high-precision tracking with relatively less adjustment of the control input. The ATSMC structure is designed by considering the nonlinear characteristics of the dynamic model and the parametric uncertainties of the train operation in real time. A nonsingular terminal sliding mode control is employed to make the system quickly reach a stable state within a finite time, which makes the control input less adjust to guarantee the riding comfort. An adaptive mechanism is used to estimate controller parameters to get rid of the need of the prior knowledge about the bounds of system uncertainty. Simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, which has robust performance to deal with the external disturbance and system parametric uncertainties. Thereby, the system guarantees the train operation to be accurate and comfortable.     

基于扰动观测器的机械臂自适应反演滑模控制

机械臂的动力学模型通常包含一定的结构不确定性,并受到外界未知干扰的影响。针对现有模型的不确定性特点,提出了一种基于非线性扰动观测器的自适应反演滑模控制方法,解决机械臂的轨迹跟踪控制问题。对于外界干扰,利用非线性扰动观测器进行观测补偿,无需上界先验知识;对于结构不确定性,引入反演滑模控制,同时设计自适应律,保证闭环系统的稳定性并增强系统的动态适应性。仿真结果证明,所提出的方法可以有效克服系统不确定性,降低控制输入信号的抖振,最终实现期望轨迹的快速精确跟踪。     

Integral Sliding Mode Fault‐Tolerant Control for Spacecraft With Uncertainties and Saturation

An integral sliding mode fault‐tolerant control method is proposed to deal with faults with matched uncertainties, unmatched uncertainties, and input saturation. Integral sliding mode, control allocation, and parameter identification are included in this method. The Lyapunov stability conditions of the integral sliding mode control for uncertainties and input saturation, respectively, are obtained, which denote the robustness extent of the controller. The direct method for control allocation is improved by adding a judgement before calculating for each facet. Finally, the fault‐tolerant scheme is applied to a six‐wheel spacecraft and simulations are given to show its effectiveness.     

Robust control of a hydraulically driven flexible arm

A new robust controller is proposed to regulate both flexural vibrations and rigid body motion of a hydraulically driven flexible ann. The controller combines backsteppmg control and sliding mode to arrive at a controller capable of dealing with a nonlinear system with uncertainties. The sliding mode technique is used to achieve an asymptotic joint angle and vibration regulation in the presence of payload uncertainty by providing a virtual torque input at the joint while the backstepping technique is used to regtthte the spool position of a hydraulic valve to provide the required torque. It is shown that there is no chatter in the hydraulic valve, which results in smoother operation of the system.     

Sliding mode control with uncertainty adaptation for uncertain input-delay systems

This paper deals with a sliding mode control with uncertainty adaptation for the robust stabilization of uncertain input delay systems. The types of uncertainties comprise unknown time-varying non-linear parameter perturbations and external disturbance. A sliding surface including a state predictor is employed to compensate for the input delay. The proposed method does not need a priori knowledge of upper bounds on the norm of the uncertainties, but estimates them by using the adaptation scheme based on the sliding surface. Then, a robust control law with uncertainty adaptation is derived to ensure the existence of the sliding mode.     

Design of a chatter-free terminal sliding mode controller for nonlinear fractional-order dynamical systems

This paper investigates the problem of robust control of nonlinear fractional-order dynamical systems in the presence of uncertainties. First, a novel switching surface is proposed and its finite-time stability to the origin is proved. Subsequently, using the sliding mode theory, a robust fractional control law is proposed to ensure the existence of the sliding motion in finite time. We use a fractional Lyapunov stability theory to prove the stability of the system in a given finite time. In order to avoid the chattering, which is inherent in conventional sliding mode controllers, we transfer the sign function of the control input into the fractional derivative of the control signal. The proposed chattering-free sliding mode technique is then applied for stabilisation of a broad class of three-dimensional fractional-order chaotic systems via a single variable driving control input. Simulation results reveal that the proposed fractional sliding mode controller works well for chaos control of fractional-order hyperchaotic Chen, chaotic Lorenz and chaotic Arneodo systems with no-chatter control inputs.     

Cascade fuzzy variable structure control of induction motor based on the approach of fuzzy modelling of Ben-Ghalia

In this article, a control design concept using fuzzy sets for an induction motor is presented. The aim of the proposed modelling approach is to provide a fuzzy set-based representation of the cascade sliding mode control of an induction motor fed by PWM voltage source inverter, which operates in a fixed reference frame. For this purpose, a new decoupled and reduced model is first proposed. Then, a set of simple surfaces and associated control laws are synthesised. A piecewise smooth control function with a threshold is adopted. However, the magnitude of this function depends closely on the upper bound of uncertainties, which include parameter variations and external disturbances. This bound is difficult to obtain prior to motor operation. To solve this problem, a fuzzy modelling approach is presented to improve the design and tuning of a fuzzy logic controller using variable structure control theory. The robust fuzzy control design is made feasible without resorting to model simplification or imposing restrictive conditions on the system uncertainty. The fuzzy controller is designed in order to improve the control performances and to reduce the control energy and the chattering phenomenon. Simulation results reveal some very interesting features and show that the proposed fuzzy sliding mode controller could be considered as an alternative to the conventional sliding mode control of induction motors.     

Self-tuning type variable structure control method for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper we propose a new self-tuning type Variable Structure Control (VSC) method for a class of nonlinear dynamical systems with parametric uncertainties. The controller is designed to satisfy the sliding mode condition; mean-while the on-line parameter identification is incorporated in the control system. Necessary modifications are made for the parameter identification to avoid the control singularity problem. By virtue of the sliding mode, the proposed identification algorithm can be applied to those nonlinear systems which may not be linear in parametric space but are linear while in the sliding mode. A model-based strategy is further introduced to estimate the uncertainty bound. The new approach attains the gain scheduling property by tuning the switching gain in accordance with the estimated system uncertainties, that is, the switching gain decreases asymptotically while the sliding mode condition is still maintained. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

液压驱动伺服机器人的模糊滑模控制研究

针对液压驱动四足机器人伺服系统非线性和不确定性严重的问题,提出了一种快速响应、鲁棒性好、控制精度高的模糊滑模控制器,并进行了仿真研究.首先,建立了液压驱动伺服机器人的液压动力机构非线性数学模型,利用Lyapunov方法设计了滑模控制器;其次,构造了一个模糊边界层宽度调节器,削弱滑模控制的抖振;最后,分析了参考力、液压参数、供油压力及负载刚度变化对系统输出的影响.仿真结果表明,该控制器对液压伺服力系统非线性和参数变化具有较好的控制效果.该方法用于四足液压驱动伺服机器人的控制是可行的、有效的.     

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.     

Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control for Active Suspension System with Proportional Differential Sliding Mode Observer

In this paper, a generalized augmented transformation is considered for the quarter active suspension system with uncertainties. Specifically, the model uncertainties are converted to the augmented states and a new proportion differential sliding mode observer is used to estimate state variables and model uncertainties. A differential geometric method is applied to linearize the nonlinear suspension model. In order to weaken the vibration effect of sliding mode control force and reduce energy consumption, a fuzzy sliding mode controller is designed for the active suspension system and the fuzzy controller is applied to adjust switching control gain according to the reaching condition of sliding mode surface. The simulations are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of this proposed observer and control strategy.     

Robust stabilization of a class of uncertain system via block decomposition and VSC

In this paper, a block decomposition procedure for sliding mode control of a class of nonlinear systems with matched and unmatched uncertainties, is proposed. Based on the nonlinear block control principle, a sliding manifold design problem is divided into a number of sub‐problems of lower dimension which can be solved independently. As a result, the nominal parts of the sliding mode dynamics is linearized. A discontinuous feedback is then used to compensate the matched uncertainty. Finally, a step‐by‐step Lyapunov technique and a high gain approach is applied to obtain hierarchical fast motions on the sliding manifolds and to achieve the robustness property of the closed‐loop system motion with respect to unmatched uncertainty. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quasi sliding mode‐based single input fuzzy self‐tuning decoupled fuzzy PI control for robot manipulators with uncertainty

This paper presents a robust adaptive control strategy for robot manipulators, based on the coupling of the fuzzy logic control with the so‐called sliding mode control (SMC) approach. The motivation for using SMC in robotics mainly relies on its appreciable features. However, the drawbacks of the conventional SMC, such as chattering effect and required a priori knowledge of the bounds of uncertainties can be destructive. In this paper, these problems are suitably circumvented by adopting a reduced rule base single input fuzzy self tuning decoupled fuzzy proportional integral sliding mode control approach. In this new approach a decoupled fuzzy proportional integral control is used and a reduced rule base single input fuzzy self‐tuning controller as a supervisory fuzzy system is added to adaptively tune the output control gain of the decoupled fuzzy proportional integral control. Moreover, it is proved that the fuzzy control surface of the single‐input fuzzy rule base is very close to the input/output relation of a straight line. Therefore, a varying output gain decoupled fuzzy proportional integral sliding mode control approach using an approximate line equation is then proposed. The stability of the system is guaranteed in the sense of the Lyapunov theorem. Simulations using the dynamic model of a 3DOF planar manipulator with uncertainties show the effectiveness of the approach in high speed trajectory tracking problems. The simulation results that are compared with the results of conventional SMC indicate that the control performance of the robot system is satisfactory and the proposed approach can achieve favorable tracking performance, and it is robust with regard to uncertainties and disturbances. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

自适应模糊全局快速Terminal滑模控制方法

提出了一种自适应模糊全局快速Terminal滑模控制方法,在参数不确定性和外干扰情况下,为解决系统的非线性不确定性提供了一种新途径。与传统模糊Terminal滑模控制相比,通过采用模糊逻辑系统来逼近未知系统函数和开关项;鲁棒自适应律用来减小逼近误差,从而有效降低抖振;证明了该控制方案的稳定性,并将该方案应用在倒立摆系统中。仿真结果验证了该方案的有效性。