Decentralized Finite-Time Attitude Synchronization and Tracking Control for Rigid Spacecraft

Author(s):  
Yuanqing Xia ◽  
Jinhui Zhang ◽  
Kunfeng Lu ◽  
Ning Zhou
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Mihankhah ◽  
Ali Doustmohammadi

Purpose The purpose of this paper, is to solve the problem of finite-time fault-tolerant attitude synchronization and tracking control of multiple rigid bodies in presence of model uncertainty, external disturbances, actuator faults and saturation. It is assumed that the rigid bodies in the formation may encounter loss of effectiveness and/or bias actuator faults. Design/methodology/approach For the purpose, adaptive terminal sliding mode control and neural network structure are used, and a new sliding surface is proposed to guarantee known finite-time convergence not only at the reaching phase but also on the sliding surface. The sliding surface is then modified using a proposed auxiliary system to maintain stability under actuator saturation. Findings Assuming that the communication topology between the rigid bodies is governed by an undirected connected graph and the upper bounds on the actuators’ faults, estimation error of model uncertainty and external disturbance are unknown, not only the attitudes of the rigid bodies in the formation are synchronized but also they track the time-varying attitude of a virtual leader. Using Lyapunov stability approach, finite-time stability of the proposed control algorithms demonstrated on the sliding phase as well as the reaching phase. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is also validated by simulation. Originality/value The proposed controller has the advantage that the need for any fault detection and diagnosis mechanism and the upper bounds information on estimation error and external disturbance is eliminated.


Author(s):  
Qun Zong ◽  
Xiuyun Zhang ◽  
Shikai Shao ◽  
Bailing Tian ◽  
Wenjing Liu

In this paper, finite-time fault-tolerant attitude tracking control is investigated for rigid spacecraft system with external disturbances, inertia uncertainties and actuator faults. A novel finite-time disturbance observer combined with a nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller is developed. Using an equivalent output error injection approach, a finite-time disturbance observer with simple structure is firstly designed to estimate lumped uncertainty. Then, to remove the requirement of prior knowledge about lumped uncertainty and reduce chattering, an adaptive finite-time disturbance observer is further proposed, and the estimations converge to the neighborhood of the true values. Based on the designed observer, a unified finite-time attitude controller is obtained automatically. Finally, both additive and multiplicative faults are considered for simulations and the results illustrate the great fault-tolerant capability of the proposed scheme.


2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (14) ◽  
pp. 2493-2509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Zhou ◽  
Yuanqing Xia ◽  
Kunfeng Lu ◽  
Yong Li

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