Discrete output feedback sliding‐mode control with integral action

This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of discrete time output feedback sliding‐mode control design. The method described applies to uncertain systems (with matched uncertainties) which are not necessarily minimum phase or relative degree one. A new sliding surface is proposed, which is associated with the equivalent control of the output feedback sliding‐mode controller. Design freedom is available to select the sliding surface parameters to produce an appropriate reduced‐order sliding motion. In order for this to be achieved, a static output feedback condition associated with a certain reduced‐order system obtained from the original plant must be solvable. The practicality of the results are demonstrated through the implementation of the controller on a small DC motor test rig. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

具有次优保性能滑动模态的静态输出反馈滑模控制

针对一类不确定系统,提出了一种具有次优保性能滑模面的静态输出反馈滑模控制方法.首先将滑模面的设计问题等价为一个对称矩阵的求解问题,基于等效控制法,推导了保性能滑模面存在的充分条件.然后基于迭代线性矩阵不等式(iterative linear matrix inequality,ILMI)方法,给出了次优保性能线性滑模面的求解算法,最后基于线性矩阵不等式(linearmatrix inequality,LMI)方法,设计了输出反馈滑模控制器,使得闭环系统渐近稳定且切换函数能在有限时间内到达零.该方法首次实现了输出反馈滑模面的优化,且具有保守性小、无需对被控系统模型进行坐标变换的优点.仿真结果验证了本文方法的优越性.     

时滞系统的输出反馈滑模控制的一种奇异系统方法

利用一种奇异系统方法讨论了时滞系统的输出反馈滑模控制问题. 时滞系统的非线性项满足范数有界约束.首先,将滑动模态与线性切换面作为一个奇异时滞系统,基于奇异时滞系统的稳定性理论, 给出滑动模态稳定及切换面存在的线性矩阵不等式(Linear matrix inequality, LMI)充分条件.然后,给出使得系统闭环渐近稳定的静态输出反馈滑模控制器的设计方法,此控制器保证闭环 系统有限时间到达切换面.最后,用数值算例验证本文方法的有效性和正确性.     

Decentralised sliding mode control for nonminimum phase interconnected systems based on a reduced-order compensator

In this paper, a class of interconnected systems with mismatched uncertainties is considered. A sliding surface is proposed in an augmented space formed by the system output and the compensator state variables, and the stability of the corresponding sliding mode is analysed. A robust decentralised reduced-order output feedback sliding mode controller is then designed to drive the system to the composite sliding surface and maintain a sliding motion on it thereafter. The proposed approach allows both the isolated nominal subsystem and the nominal interconnected system to be nonminimum phase. The known interconnections and the bounds on the uncertain interconnections are fully used in the control design to reduce conservatism.     

Applying output feedback integral sliding mode controller to uncertain time-delay systems with mismatched disturbances

For time-delay systems with mismatched disturbances and uncertainties, this paper develops an integral sliding mode control algorithm using output information only to stabilize the systems. An integral sliding surface is comprised of output signals and an auxiliary full-order compensator. The proposed output feedback sliding mode controller can satisfy the reaching and sliding condition and maintain the system on the sliding surface from the initial moment. When two specific algebraic Riccati inequalities have solutions, our method can guarantee the stability of the closed-loop system and satisfy the property of robust disturbance attenuation. Moreover, the design parameters of controller and compensator can be simultaneously determined by solutions to the algebraic Riccati inequalities. Finally, two numerical examples illustrate the applicability of the proposed scheme.     

Dynamic output feedback integral sliding mode control design for uncertain systems

This paper addresses the problem of designing a dynamic output feedback sliding mode control algorithm for linear MIMO systems with mismatched parameter uncertainties along with disturbances and matched nonlinear perturbations. Once the system is in the sliding mode, the proposed output‐dependent integral sliding surface can robustly stabilize the closed‐loop system and obtain the desired system performance. Two types of mismatched disturbances are considered and their effects on the sliding mode are explored. By introducing an additional dynamics into the controller design, the developed control law can guarantee that the system globally reaches and is maintained on the sliding surface in finite time. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed method is illustrated by numerical examples. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Static output feedback sliding mode control for time‐varying delay systems with time‐delayed nonlinear disturbances

In this paper, a robust stabilization problem for a class of linear time‐varying delay systems with disturbances is studied using sliding mode techniques. Both matched and mismatched disturbances, involving time‐varying delay, are considered. The disturbances are nonlinear and have nonlinear bounds which are employed for the control design. A sliding surface is designed and the stability of the corresponding sliding motion is analysed based on the Razumikhin Theorem. Then a static output feedback sliding mode control with time delay is synthesized to drive the system to the sliding surface in finite time. Conservatism is reduced by using features of sliding mode control and systems structure. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Output feedback integral sliding mode controller of time‐delay systems with mismatch disturbances

For uncertain time‐delay systems with mismatch disturbances, this paper presented an integral sliding mode control algorithm using output information only. An integral sliding surface is comprised of output signals and an auxiliary full‐order compensator. The designed output feedback sliding mode controller can locally satisfy the reaching and sliding condition and maintain the system on the sliding surface from the initial moment. Since the system is in the sliding mode and two specific algebraic Riccati inequalities are established, the proposed algorithm can guarantee the stability of the closed‐loop system and satisfy the property of disturbance attenuation. Moreover, the design parameters of the controller and compensator can be simultaneously determined by solutions to two algebraic Riccati inequalities. Finally, a numerical example illustrates the applicability of the proposed scheme. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Asymptotic Stabilisation of Multiple Input Nonlinear Systems via Sliding Modes

A dynamic feedback controller design method is proposed for multiple input systems. The method uses a novel choice of sliding surface to effect asymptotic linearisation of nonlinear differential input output systems and a class of state space systems. The stability of the overall system, that is a canonical state space form with a dynamic feedback, is analysed with a generalised Lyapunov approach plus an asymptotic analysis in a neighbourhood of the origin. The nonlinear system does not have to be expressed in regular form as is the case in many other sliding mode control approaches. A type of zero dynamics, which are the dynamics of the control, are involved. The resulting dynamic feedback is shown to provide chatter free control if the system is minimum phase with respect to the zero dynamics. The theoretical results are applied to Gas Jet systems with two controls.     

A nonlinear sliding surface to improve performance of a discrete-time input-delay system

A sliding mode controller is proposed for an uncertain input-delay system to enhance performance. A nonlinear sliding surface is proposed to achieve better transient response for general uncertain discrete SISO linear systems with input delay. Both matched and unmatched perturbations are considered and ultimate boundedness of motion is proved. The step tracking problem is analysed. The proposed surface increases the damping ratio of the transformed system (delay free) as the output moves nearer to the setpoint. To simplify the surface design, a linear matrix inequality based tuning procedure is proposed. The control law is designed based on an equivalent control approach which guarantees one step reaching. The scheme is able to achieve low overshoot and low settling time simultaneously which is not possible with a linear sliding surface. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed nonlinear surface over different linear surfaces.     

Fractional order predictive sliding-mode control for a class of nonlinear input-delay systems: singular and non-singular approach

Nonlinear models of physical systems usually suffer from input delay and external disturbances. Moreover, when a delayed state is in the input signal gain, it can be non-singular or singular. So, designing a robust controller in a nonlinear system with input and state delay, suitable for non-singular and singular input signal gain, is imperative. The main contribution of our study is to design a new state feedback fractional order predictive sliding mode control (FOPSMC) procedure which not only guarantees the stability of a nonlinear system with known constant input and state delay but also controls the output signal to the desired value. Firstly, a predictor is designed for the system to achieve an input-delay-free one. Then, a state feedback FOPSMC is proposed based on a fractional order sliding signal for a nonlinear system with non-singular control gain. Also, a state feedback FOPSMC and a fractional order sliding mode observer (FOSMO) for the virtual disturbance are designed for singular control gain situation. It is proved analytically, through the Lyapunov stability criteria, that both control procedures can stabilise the system and can control the output signal to the desired value, effectively. Finally, the simulation results verify the effectiveness of the analytical achievements.     

Global tracking sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear systems via variable gain observer

A novel output‐feedback sliding mode control strategy is proposed for a class of single‐input single‐output (SISO) uncertain time‐varying nonlinear systems for which a norm state estimator can be implemented. Such a class encompasses minimum‐phase systems with nonlinearities affinely norm bounded by unmeasured states with growth rate depending nonlinearly on the measured system output and on the internal states related with the zero‐dynamics. The sliding surface is generated by using the state of a high gain observer (HGO) whereas a peaking free control amplitude is obtained via a norm observer. In contrast to the existing semi‐global sliding mode control solutions available in the literature for the class of plants considered here, the proposed scheme is free of peaking and achieves global tracking with respect to a small residual set. The key idea is to design a time‐varying HGO gain implementable from measurable signals. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

动态滑模控制及其在移动机器人输出跟踪中的应用

针对轮式移动机器人的输出跟踪问题,提出一种动态滑模控制方法,首先给出机器人的动力学简化模型,然后将其分解成两个低阶子系统,并给出其输出跟踪的动态滑模控制器设计方法,仿真试验表明该方法能明显地削弱滑模控制系统的抖振。     

Reconstruction of human neuromuscular control signals using a sliding mode control technique

A sliding mode controller, developed using MATLAB/SIMULINK, is incorporated within an existing model of the complex nonlinear system of the human leg with the aim of identifying the operation of the feedback control system within the body to produce the observed leg movement during walking. The control design procedure first defines a switching function, the so-called sliding surface, which prescribes the required dynamic behaviour of the error between the measured data and the model output. A discontinuous feedback control law is then designed to drive the system trajectories onto the sliding surface and force them to remain there. The attractiveness of sliding mode control for the analysis of biomechanical control systems arises from the equivalent control principle. If a switching surface is selected which ensures exact tracking between the model trajectory and experimentally measured trajectory from a human subject, then the filtered discontinuous control signals from the simulation model provide estimates of the signals required to achieve the observed movement. The inherently robust properties of sliding mode control ensure precise tracking by the model of the actual leg movement, thus enabling the feedback control signal required to carry out the movement to be reconstructed.     

On variable structure output feedback controllers

In a recent work by Zak-Hui (1993), a sliding-mode controller for MIMO systems using static output feedback was proposed. Very nice geometric conditions for how to design sliding surfaces were given. However, there are two restrictive assumptions in it. One is that the uncertainties in the system must be bounded by a known function of outputs which excludes some possible uncertainties in the A matrix if the system is described by the triple (A, B, C). The other one requires a matrix equality to be held which may also be very difficult to satisfy in many systems. In this paper, we propose a modification of the sliding mode controller for a class of single-input/single-output (SISO) systems which can eliminate the above-mentioned limitations and, under certain conditions, guarantee global closed-loop stability. Hence the range of applicability of Zak-Hui's method can be greatly broadened     

A frequency-shaping methodology for discrete-time sliding mode control

This paper proposes a frequency shaping methodology for performance enhancement of discrete-time sliding mode control for systems with narrow band disturbances. This approach augments the sliding mode surface as a dynamic feedback system and designs an ‘optimal’ shaping filter in the feedback loop based on H-infinity synthesis, which assures both the stability and the desired frequency-response characteristics of the sliding mode surface. Furthermore, this frequency-shaping technique is advanced to be parameter-dependent to improve the efficiency and flexibility. The methodology enables the design of sliding mode control in frequency domain, which is critically important for high-precision systems that are subjected to high-frequency disturbances. The proposed frequency-shaped sliding mode control is applied onto a hard disk drive in the presence of vibrations with multiple peak frequencies; effective vibration suppression is demonstrated through comprehensive simulation study.     

一种解决输出超调问题的滑模流形新算法

为解决由极点配置方法构造的滑模切换面会引起系统输出超调这一问题,设计一种新型滑模控制器,并将其用于三容水箱的液位控制系统中.该控制器的设计包括两个相对独立的部分:滑模面的定义度切换控制律的设计.对滑模面的定义,首先解释了滑模面增益参数的选择与产生输出超调问题之间的关系,然后从积分饱和问题以及系统动态特性出发,给出了避免输出引发超调现象的解决方法;对切换控制律的设计,提出了一种新的控制律切换向量算法,该算法使得系统在避免产生强抖振的前提下快速收敛到滑模面.仿真实验表明提出方法能有效地避免输出超调,并且很好地抑制了抖振的发生,有较好的应用前景.     

Quantized output feedback stabilization of uncertain systems with input nonlinearities via sliding mode control

This paper is concerned with the quantized output feedback stabilization problem for a class of uncertain systems with nonsmooth nonlinearities in the actuator device via sliding mode control schemes. It is assumed that system signals are quantized before being transmitted through communication channels. First, a dynamical compensator is developed to estimate unmeasurable system state. Then a sliding surface, in the augmented space using the system output and the estimated state, is proposed, and an adaptive sliding mode control scheme with a static adjustment law of the quantization parameter is established. It is shown that the proposed quantized feedback control strategy is able to tackle parameter uncertainty, external disturbances, and nonsymmetric input nonlinearity simultaneously and guarantees the reachability of the sliding modes of the uncertain system. Finally, an example is given to verify the validity of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller for linear systems with mismatched time-varying uncertainties

A new design approach for an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller (AFSMC) for linear systems with mismatched time-varying uncertainties is presented. The coefficient matrix of the sliding function can be designed to satisfy a sliding coefficient matching condition provided time-varying uncertainties are bounded. With the sliding coefficient matching condition satisfied, an AFSMC is proposed to stabilize the uncertain system. The parameters of output fuzzy sets in the fuzzy mechanism are on-line adapted to improve the performance of the fuzzy sliding mode control system. The bounds of uncertainties are not required to be known in advance for the AFSMC. Stability of the fuzzy control system is guaranteed and the system is shown to be invariant on the sliding surface. Moreover, chattering around the sliding surface in sliding mode control can be reduced by the proposed design approach. Simulation results are included to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed AFSMC.