scholarly journals Experimental Validation of a Sliding Mode Control for a Stewart Platform Used in Aerospace Inspection Applications

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2051
Author(s):  
Javier Velasco ◽  
Isidro Calvo ◽  
Oscar Barambones ◽  
Pablo Venegas ◽  
Cristian Napole
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Stewart Platform ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Pi Control ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Mode Control

The authors introduce a new controller, aimed at industrial domains, that improves the performance and accuracy of positioning systems based on Stewart platforms. More specifically, this paper presents, and validates experimentally, a sliding mode control for precisely positioning a Stewart platform used as a mobile platform in non-destructive inspection (NDI) applications. The NDI application involves exploring the specimen surface of aeronautical coupons at different heights. In order to avoid defocusing and blurred images, the platform must be positioned accurately to keep a uniform distance between the camera and the surface of the specimen. This operation requires the coordinated control of the six electro mechanic actuators (EMAs). The platform trajectory and the EMA lengths can be calculated by means of the forward and inverse kinematics of the Stewart platform. Typically, a proportional integral (PI) control approach is used for this purpose but unfortunately this control scheme is unable to position the platform accurately enough. For this reason, a sliding mode control (SMC) strategy is proposed. The SMC requires: (1) a priori knowledge of the bounds on system uncertainties, and (2) the analysis of the system stability in order to ensure that the strategy executes adequately. The results of this work show a higher performance of the SMC when compared with the PI control strategy: the average absolute error is reduced from 3.45 mm in PI to 0.78 mm in the SMC. Additionally, the duty cycle analysis shows that although PI control demands a smoother actuator response, the power consumption is similar.

scholarly journals Research of Active Power Filter Modeling with Grid Impedance in Feedback Linearization and Quasi-Sliding Mode Control

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zeyu Shi ◽  
Yingpin Wang ◽  
Yunxiang Xie ◽  
Lanfang Li ◽  
Xiaogang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Feedback Linearization ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Active Power Filter ◽  
Active Power ◽  
Pi Control ◽  
Power Filter ◽  
Mode Control ◽  
Grid Impedance

Active power filter (APF) is the most popular device in regulating power quality issues. Currently, most literatures ignored the impact of grid impedance and assumed the load voltage is ideal, which had not described the system accurately. In addition, the controllers applied PI control; thus it is hard to improve the compensation quality. This paper establishes a precise model which consists of APF, load, and grid impedance. The Bode diagram of traditional simplified model is obviously different with complete model, which means the descriptions of the system based on the traditional simplified model are inaccurate and incomplete. And then design exact feedback linearization and quasi-sliding mode control (FBL-QSMC) is based on precise model in inner current loop. The system performances in different parameters are analyzed and dynamic performance of proposed algorithm is compared with traditional PI control algorithm. At last, simulations are taken in three cases to verify the performance of proposed control algorithm. The results proved that the proposed feedback linearization and quasi-sliding mode control algorithm has fast response and robustness; the compensation performance is superior to PI control obviously, which also means the complete modeling and proposed control algorithm are correct.

scholarly journals Finite-Time Adaptive Higher-Order SMC for the Nonlinear Five DOF Active Magnetic Bearing System

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1333
Author(s):  
Sudipta Saha ◽  
Syed Muhammad Amrr ◽  
Abdelaziz Salah Saidi ◽  
Arunava Banerjee ◽  
M. Nabi
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
Finite Time ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Magnetic Bearing ◽  
Active Magnetic Bearing ◽  
Mode Control ◽  
Adaptive Laws ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Unknown Disturbances

The active magnetic bearings (AMB) play an essential role in supporting the shaft of fast rotating machines and controlling the displacements in the rotors due to the deviation in the shaft. In this paper, an adaptive integral third-order sliding mode control (AITOSMC) is proposed. The controller suppresses the deviations in the rotor and rejects the system uncertainties and unknown disturbances present in the five DOF AMB system. The application of AITOSMC alleviates the problem of high-frequency switching called chattering, which would otherwise restrict the practical application of sliding mode control (SMC). Moreover, adaptive laws are also incorporated in the proposed approach for estimating the controller gains. Further, it also prevents the problem of overestimation and avoids the use of a priori assumption about the upper bound knowledge of total disturbance. The Lyapunov and homogeneity theories are exploited for the stability proof, which guarantees the finite-time convergence of closed-loop and output signals. The numerical analysis of the proposed strategy illustrates the effective performance. Furthermore, the comparative analysis with the existing control schemes demonstrates the efficacy of the proposed controller.

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