Adaptive predefined-time control for liquid-filled flexible spacecraft attitude stabilization during orbit maneuver

A predefined-time attitude stabilization for complex structure spacecraft with liquid sloshing and flexible vibration is investigated under input saturation during orbital maneuver. First, the attitude dynamics model of liquid-filled flexible spacecraft is constructed. Meanwhile, the influence of solar panel vibration and liquid sloshing is treated as a disturbance in the controller design. Next, an adaptive predefined-time control scheme is proposed by applying sliding mode control theory. A predefined-time convergent sliding surface and reaching law are designed to ensure the predefined-time fast convergence rate. Furthermore, a novel adaptive algorithm is developed to handle the disturbances from liquid sloshing and flexible vibration, ensuring that the system converges to a small neighborhood of the equilibrium. Additionally, a new auxiliary system is constructed to deal with the effects of input saturation. At last, one simulation case is performed to verify the feasibility and advantages of the proposed algorithm.     

Finite-time asteroid hovering via multiple-overlapping-horizon multiple-model predictive control

This paper investigates the asteroid hovering problem using the Multiple-Overlapping-Horizon Multiple-Model Predictive Control method. The effectiveness of the predictive controllers in satisfying control constraints and minimizing the required control effort is making Model Predictive Control a desirable control method for asteroid exploration missions which consist of the asteroid hovering phase. However, the computational burden of Model Predictive Control is an obstacle to employing the asteroid’s complex gravitational field model. As an alternative option, the Multiple Horizon Multiple-Model Predictive Control method has been introduced previously, which could provide a solution with the less computational burden with respect to the nonlinear Model Predictive Control. It was shown that it is not necessary to deduce the exact dynamics model to predict the system’s behavior during a long period using this approach. However, the calculated control acceleration was not smooth enough because of the crisp borders of consecutive horizons, which may cause an image motion and degrades the geometric accuracy of high-resolution images in asteroid hovering missions. In this paper, the Multiple-Overlapping-Horizon Multiple-Model Predictive Control method is introduced instead to solve the problem of controlling acceleration fluctuations by overlapping consecutive horizons. Numerical simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control method, and its advantage is demonstrated accordingly for the asteroid hovering problem in achieving the hovering position and velocity.     

飞行器航迹倾角的自适应动态面控制

针对飞行器纵向模型具有参数不确定性和外界干扰的特点,提出一种飞行器航迹倾角的自适应动态面控制方法.动态面控制方法通过引入一阶低通滤波器避免了传统反演设计存在的"微分爆炸"现象,采用自适应律对模型未知参数进行在线估计,并利用非线性阻尼项克服外界干扰.通过Lyapunov方法证明得出闭环系统半全局一致稳定,跟踪误差可通过调节控制器参数达到任意小.仿真结果表明:该方法能在简化控制设计过程的同时保证航迹倾角跟踪上预定轨迹,控制系统具有较强的自适应能力且对外界干扰具有一定的鲁棒性.     

双星系统L1点悬停探测控制器设计与仿真

双小行星系统探测具有重要的科学意义,受其复杂动力学环境影响,探测任务极具挑战。利用球谐函数法对双星系统进行引力场建模,求解双星系统平动点,并选取其内部共线平动点L_1点作为双星系统悬停探测目标位置。采用航天探测实际任务中常用的脉冲推力式发动机,设计了一种原理简单、便于工程实现的常值切换bang-bang控制器。以69230Hermes双星系统为例,将Hermes近似为双椭球系统,仿真分析航天器在Hermes双星系统L_1点悬停飞行的控制效果,验证所提控制策略有效性。     

航天器编队飞行多目标姿态跟踪终端滑模控制

研究航天器编队飞行多目标姿态跟踪控制问题.为避免姿态大范围跟踪可能出现的奇点,采用欧拉参数描述航天器姿态.基于终端滑模技术,设计多目标姿态跟踪终端滑模控制器,并应用Lyapunov稳定性理论和扩展的Lyapunov有限时间稳定性理论证明控制系统稳定性和有限时间收敛性.该控制器参数方便调整,易于实现.由于没有对复杂多体航天器动力学进行线性化处理,从而保证了姿态跟踪控制精度.仿真结果表明,存在惯量参数摄动和外部干扰力矩的情况下,所设计的多目标姿态跟踪控制器具有良好鲁棒性和优越的跟踪性能.     

Adaptive fuzzy neural network control for a space manipulator in the presence of output constraints and input nonlinearities

Space manipulator is considered as one of the most promising technologies for future space activities owing to its important role in various on-orbit serving missions. In this paper, a novel adaptive fuzzy neural network (FNN) control scheme is proposed for the trajectory tracking control of an attitude-controlled free-flying space manipulator in the presence of output constraints and input nonlinearities. The parametric uncertainties and external disturbances are also taken into the consideration. First, a model-based controller is designed by using the barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) to prevent the position tracking errors from violating the predefined output constraints. Then, an adaptive FNN controller is designed by using two FNNs to compensate for the lumped uncertainties and input nonlinearities, respectively. Rigorous theoretical analysis for the semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness of the whole closed-loop system is provided. The proposed adaptive FNN controller can guarantee the position and velocity tracking errors converge to the small neighborhoods about zero, while ensuring the position tracking errors within the output constraints even in the presence of input nonlinearities. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, there are relatively few existing controllers can achieve such excellent control performance in the same conditions. Numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed control scheme.     

多体航天器姿态机动的终端滑模复合控制方法研究

研究了带有多种运动附件的航天器姿态复合控制问题.选取典型的两刚体对象建立了完整的动力学模型,简要分析了本体与附件的耦合关系.针对标称本体动力学方程,设计了有限时间干扰观测器估计附件对本体的耦合扰动以及外部环境干扰,在终端滑模控制器中进行主动补偿,利用扩展的Lyapunov稳定性定理证明了本体控制系统的有限时间收敛性;为减小本体机动对附件指向的影响,在附件控制器中引入对本体角加速度的补偿.仿真结果表明,所设计的复合控制系统能够较好地估计并且补偿系统的总干扰,具有较高的控制精度和较快的系统响应.     

Adaptive sliding mode fault-tolerant control for satellite attitude tracking system

In this paper, an adaptive modified sliding mode control approach is developed for attitude tracking of a nano-satellite with three magnetorquers and one reaction wheel. A sliding variable is chosen based on finite-time convergence of the nano-satellite attitude tracking error and avoiding the singularity of the control signal. The control gain of the proposed method is developed adaptively to reduce the tracking error and improve the closed-loop control performance. The sliding variable and adaptive parameter are also employed in the reaching phase of the control law to decrease the chattering phenomenon. In addition, the finite-time convergence of attitude variables in the presence of actuator faults, inertia uncertainty, and external disturbances is proved using the extended Lyapunov theorem. The simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed method according to different evaluation criteria. Monte Carlo simulations are also used to survey the reliability of the system in the presence of the mentioned condition.     

Solar-photon sail hovering orbits about single and binary asteroids

Solar-photon sails can be useful for missions towards and about asteroids. Indeed, for the interplanetary transfer phase, missions to asteroids often require a large variation in inclination and solar-photon sails perform very well for such high energy missions. In the same way, solar-photon sails are also expected to perform well in the phase about the asteroid. This paper studies single and binary asteroids’ hovering regions by using a sailcraft. In order to consider a sailcraft with its own mass and shape, the mutual polyhedral method (usually used to study asteroid dynamics) is used; therefore, the sailcraft is designed by means of tetrahedra. The procedure to obtain the hovering regions about a single asteroid is presented and an accurate analysis of the control variables is carried out. Moreover, control torques required to maintain hovering orbits are obtained by considering the gravitational torques acting on the sailcraft due to the asteroid. In the end, the theory for hovering orbits is extended to binary-asteroid systems and applied to the binary system 1999 KW4.     

基于浸入与不变流形的抗干扰饱和姿态控制器

设计了一种抗慢时变干扰的简单饱和姿态控制器。其基本原理是将干扰作为未知参数,然后利用浸入与不变流形的方法设计了独立于控制器的干扰估计器,从而再基于干扰的估计结果设计饱和控制器。该控制器形式简单,由比例与微分项和干扰补偿项组成,各部分物理意义明确。根据浸入与不变流形方法,通过严格的理论证明得到了如下结果：对于慢时变干扰的情况,通过调整控制干扰辨识收敛速度的参数,可以使得理论上的姿态最终控制误差任意小（实际仿真误差还受限于由数值稳定性决定的时间步长）;对于干扰为常值的情况,则可以完全消除干扰的影响,并获得系统状态渐近稳定的结果。最后通过数值仿真验证了控制方案的可行性。     

RLV再入神经网络自适应姿态控制器设计

可重复使用运载器（RLV）大包线再入过程中,广泛存在模型不确定与外界干扰,会给姿态控制器的设计带来不利影响,为此提出了一种神经网络自适应控制器设计方案。基于时标分离原理设计了快、慢双回路控制结构。在此基础上设计了径向基神经网络（RBFNN）自适应律,用于在线估计模型不确定和外界干扰力矩,并在控制器中进行补偿。仿真验证表明,RBFNN 自适应控制器能良好地完成姿态跟踪控制,有效地抑制干扰力矩对姿态控制的影响。自适应律能够在线估计真实的飞行器动态和外界干扰力矩,控制器具有抗扰动能力。     

Space-based line-of-sight tracking control of GEO target using nonsingular terminal sliding mode

This paper addresses the issue of high-precision line-of-sight (LOS) tracking of geosynchronous earth orbit target in highly dynamic conditions via spacecraft attitude maneuver. First, characteristics of the LOS motion are analyzed by a simplified linear relative motion model. Second, after transforming the quaternion-based attitude model into a double integrator system, a new nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller is proposed for spacecraft attitude tracking in a nominal case without parametric uncertainties and external disturbances. Third, an adaptive new nonsingular terminal mode controller is proposed for spacecraft attitude tracking in an uncertain case, which is done via constructing a pair of adaptive laws to estimate the parametric uncertainties and external disturbances online. The robust stability and finite time convergence property of the closed-loop system are demonstrated by Lyapunov theorem. Under control of the proposed controller, zero steady state error tracking of LOS with a smooth transition phase can be achieved in scheduled time, regardless of parametric uncertainties and external disturbances online. Finally, detailed numerical simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed controllers. Contrasting simulation results shows that proposed controllers can track the desired trajectories effectively and have better performance against the controllers based on linear sliding mode and the existing fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode.     

基于混杂系统的空间飞行器悬停控制

基于空间飞行器的轨道动力学原理,利用混杂系统模型研究了悬停轨道问题,建立了悬停轨道的混杂系统模型;借此模型,针对目标星轨道为椭圆的情况,提出了等距离悬停轨道控制和椭圆悬停轨道控制两种方案,分别推导出在这两种方案下对悬停星所施加的控制力。数值仿真结果表明,分别对悬停星施加相应的控制力,能够实现对目标星的悬停。     

Finite-time relative orbit-attitude tracking control for multi-spacecraft with collision avoidance and changing network topologies

This paper addresses the relative position tracking and attitude synchronization control problem for spacecraft formation flying (SFF). Based on the derived relative coupled six-degree-of-freedom dynamics, a robust adaptive finite-time fast terminal sliding mode controller is proposed to achieve the desired formation in the presence of model uncertainties and external disturbances. It is shown that the designed controller is effective for changing information exchange topology making it robust to node failure. Then, the artificial potential function method is employed to generate collision avoidance schemes to modify the controller such that inter-agent collision avoidance can be ensured during the formation maneuver, which is critical for practical missions. The stability of the overall closed-loop system is proved by using Lyapunov theory. Finally, numerical examples for a given SFF scenario are presented to illustrate the performance of the controller.     

高超声速变外形飞行器建模与有限时间控制

针对高超声速变外形飞行器变形带来的参数摄动大、变形过程建模难、外界干扰复杂等大不确定问题,研究了一类可变后掠飞行器建模与姿态控制问题,设计了一种有限时间控制方案。针对变外形飞行器建立了带有变形量的面向姿态控制的三自由度模型,该模型能够反映出变外形飞行器的内在影响。分析了变外形飞行器在典型状态下的气动特征,并给出了连续变形关键气动数据可行处理方案。针对可连续变形的飞行器设计了一套有限时间控制方案,并证明了系统稳定性。进一步考虑控制律中用到的指令微分项,设计了有限时间指令收敛滤波器。利用扩张状态观测器,估计不易测量状态和“综合扰动”。以考虑复杂干扰下的高超声速变外形飞行器为对象进行仿真,结果表明:所设计的控制方案可解决不同变形速率下、存在复合干扰的飞行器姿态控制问题。      

附着小天体的动态面鲁棒制导与控制方法

以精确附着小天体表面的任务为背景,提出一种基于扰动观测器(DOB)和动态面控制的附着小天体的制导与控制方法。根据探测器的初始条件与终端着陆条件规划了标称轨迹,并将引力场建模误差、参数摄动和外部干扰等视为总扰动,结合动态面控制和DOB设计了标称轨迹跟踪控制器。分析总扰动估计误差的渐进收敛性以及闭环标称轨迹跟踪控制系统的稳定性,并确定控制器参数选取条件。数值仿真结果表明,所设计的DOB可以有效地估计并抑制总扰动且闭环标称轨迹跟踪控制系统具有良好的稳定性和控制精度。     

Neural network-based sliding mode control for atmospheric-actuated spacecraft formation using switching strategy

This paper presents an adaptive neural networks-based control method for spacecraft formation with coupled translational and rotational dynamics using only aerodynamic forces. It is assumed that each spacecraft is equipped with several large flat plates. A coupled orbit-attitude dynamic model is considered based on the specific configuration of atmospheric-based actuators. For this model, a neural network-based adaptive sliding mode controller is implemented, accounting for system uncertainties and external perturbations. To avoid invalidation of the neural networks destroying stability of the system, a switching control strategy is proposed which combines an adaptive neural networks controller dominating in its active region and an adaptive sliding mode controller outside the neural active region. An optimal process is developed to determine the control commands for the plates system. The stability of the closed-loop system is proved by a Lyapunov-based method. Comparative results through numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of executing attitude control while maintaining the relative motion, and higher control accuracy can be achieved by using the proposed neural-based switching control scheme than using only adaptive sliding mode controller.     

基于分层模糊系统的间接自适应控制

为解决模糊控制器中规则数目随系统变量的个数呈指数增长的问题,利用分层模糊系统设计了一类非线性系统的间接自适应控制器,并证明了所提出的设计方法不但能够保证闭环系统的一致有界性,而且可使跟踪误差收敛到原点的小邻域内.通过对倒立摆控制的仿真研究验证了方法的有效性.      

一种使用RBF网络的自适应滑模控制器

针对实际系统易受未知非线性、外界干扰和参数摄动等不确定因素影响的问题,以高精度模拟转台为例,采用一种基于RBF(Radial Basis Function)网络的自适应滑模控制器.控制器由名义反馈控制器和滑模干扰补偿器两个子系统组成.反馈控制器通过极点配置的方法实现,用来稳定名义系统.干扰补偿器使用一个自适应RBF网络在线辨识不确定性的上界值.计算机仿真结果表明了该法的鲁棒性和有效性.     

一类不确定分数阶混沌系统的滑模自适应同步

基于滑模自适应控制理论、Lyapunov稳定性理论和分数阶线性系统稳定性理论,在考虑系统存在模型不确定和外部扰动的情况下,选用一种具有较强鲁棒性的分数阶滑模曲面,设计了合适的自适应滑模控制器。所设计的控制器能够将系统状态控制到滑模面上,实现两个不确定分数阶混沌系统的同步,且不需事先知道不确定项上界。该控制器结构简单,控制代价小,具有较好的通用性,对未知扰动具有较强的鲁棒性。数值仿真验证了该方法的正确性和有效性。