Reusable launch vehicle attitude control using a time-varying sliding mode control technique

Y.B. Shtessel1, J.J. Zhu2, D. Daniels1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA
2School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio State Uinversity, Athens, OH, USA

Tóm tắt

We present a time-varying sliding mode control (TVSMC) technique for reusable launch vehicle (RLV) attitude control in ascent and entry flight phases. In ascent flight the guidance commands Euler roll, pitch and yaw angles, and in entry flight it commands the aerodynamic angles of bank, attack and sideslip. The controller employs a body rate inner loop and the attitude outer loop, which are separated in time-scale by the singular perturbation principle. The novelty of the TVSMC is that both the sliding surface and the boundary layer dynamics can be varied in real time using the PD-eigenvalue assignment technique. This salient feature is used to cope with control command saturation and integrator windup in the presence of severe disturbance or control effector failure, which enhances the robustness and fault tolerance of the controller.

Từ khóa

#Sliding mode control #Aerodynamics #Robust control #Aerospace control #Engines #Vehicle dynamics #Control systems #Attitude control #Uncertainty #System analysis and design

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