Fractional order adaptive robust formation control of multiple quad-rotor UAVs with parametric uncertainties and wind disturbances

In recent times, multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being widely utilized in several areas of applications such as agriculture, surveillance, disaster management, search and rescue operations. Degree of robustness of applied control schemes determines how accurate a swarm of UAVs accomplish group tasks. Formation and trajectory tracking controllers are required for the swarm of multiple UAVs. Factors like external environmental effects, parametric uncertainties and wind gusts make the controller design process as a challenging task. This article proposes fractional order formation and trajectory tacking controllers for multiple quad-rotors using Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control (STSMC) technique. To compensate the effects of the disturbances due to parametric uncertainties and wind gusts, Lyapunov function based adaptive controllers are formulated. Moreover, Lyapunov theorem is used to guarantee the stability of the proposed controllers. Three types of controllers, namely fixed gain STSMC and fractional order Adaptive Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control (ASTSMC) methods are tested for the swarm of UAVs by performing the numerical simulations in MATLAB/Simulink environment. From the presented results, it is verified that in presence of wind disturbances and parametric uncertainties, the proposed fractional order ASTSMC technique showed improved robustness as compared to the fixed gain STSMC and integer order ASTSMC.     

Adaptive event-triggered distributed optimal guidance design via adaptive dynamic programming

In this paper, the multi-missile cooperative guidance system is formulated as a general nonlinear multi-agent system. To save the limited communication resources, an adaptive eventtriggered optimal guidance law is proposed by designing a synchronization-error-driven triggering condition, which brings together the consensus control with Adaptive Dynamic Programming(ADP) technique. Then, the developed event-triggered distributed control law can be employed by finding an approximate solution of eve...     

低速巡飞弹非匹配干扰观测控制器设计

针对低速巡飞弹倾斜转弯控制系统的非线性、强耦合、不确定的特征,研究了一种基于干扰观测器的自适应反演控制方法。将参数摄动、外界干扰和执行机构的响应偏差分别等效进成系统的匹配干扰和非匹配干扰,并设计在有限时间内估计误差收敛的非线性干扰观测器进行估计。利用反演控制的思想,在虚拟控制量中抵消非匹配干扰,在实际控制量中抵消匹配干扰。利用李雅普诺夫理论设计自适应调节律补偿干扰观测器的估计误差,改进控制系统的瞬态性能。仿真结果表明,干扰观测器估计误差在有限时间内收敛到一定区间,系统能够有效地克服干扰的影响,快速准确地跟踪滚转角、攻角、侧滑角参考指令。     

基于改进狼群算法的多无人机协同多目标分配CSCD

针对现代空战多无人机协同多目标任务分配问题,结合标准狼群算法,提出了一种改进狼群算法的多目标任务分配方法。根据狼群的不同分工以及搜索属性,建立了基于自主游走机制的头狼产生规则、基于多策略知识库的探狼游走机制和基于自适应步长的猛狼奔袭及围攻方式,从而对传统狼群算法的随机性进行智能化约束与控制,以解决多无人机协同多目标任务分配问题。数值仿真结果表明,该方法能够快速有效获得任务分配方案,避免陷入局部最优。     

状态/输入约束下飞-推一体化的保性能安全控制

基于飞行-推力一体化思想提出了一种针对搭载超燃冲压发动机的吸气式高超声速飞行器速度通道的状态/输入约束自适应鲁棒保性能安全控制方案。首先根据超燃冲压发动机的机理分析与计算流体动力模型数据，建立了安全子系统与性能子系统面向控制的仿射非线性模型。之后基于障碍Lyapunov理论与动态面设计方法设计了一套安全子系统状态约束控制器，从理论上保证了飞行器在跟踪指令的全过程中，发动机相关状态不会触碰安全边界，并结合自适应技术与辅助系统提高了该控制系统的鲁棒性。针对性能子系统设计了一套鲁棒自抗扰控制器，达到“保证安全的前提下不折损性能”的目的。仿真结果表明所设计的控制系统可以在保障安全的同时达到预想的性能，并显著放宽了超燃冲压发动机对飞行器飞行姿态的约束，保证了高超声速飞行器的机动灵活性。     

Adaptive vector field based accurate homing control of aerial delivery systems

This paper investigates the homing control problem of a flexible aerial delivery system with external wind, at-mospheric turbulence, and aerodynamic uncertainties. An accurate homing control strategy is presented, consisting of a trajectory generation algorithm and a lateral tracking controller. A high-altitude trajectory generation is de-veloped with system characteristics explicitly considered to generate the desired trajectory for the aerial delivery control system design. It significantly compensates for the altitude deviation of the existing multiphase theory based trajectory generation methodologies. A novel adaptive vector field control law is then designed to accom-plish the lateral tracking maneuvers. The key feature of the proposed method is that the complete lateral closed-loop control, including position and heading angle loops, is achieved in the presence of disturbances and dynamic uncertainties. The homing control with high landing accuracy is therefore achieved. Simulation and hardware-in-loop testing results are finally presented to validate the proposed method’s effectiveness compared to a conventional homing control scheme.     

Nonlinear adaptive flight control system: Performance enhancement and validation

The problem of decreasing stability margins in L₁ adaptive control systems is discussed and an out-of-loop L₁ adaptive control scheme based on Lyapunov’s stability theorem is proposed. This scheme enhances the effectiveness of the adaptation, which ensures that the system has sufficient stability margins to achieve the desired performance under parametric uncertainty, additional delays, and actuator faults. The stability of the developed control system is demonstrated through a series of simulations. Compared with an existing control scheme, the constant adjustment of the stability margins by the proposed adaptive scheme allows their range to be extended by a factor of 4–5, bringing the stability margin close to that of variable gain PD control with adaptively scheduled gains. The engineered practicability of adaptive technology is verified. A series of flight tests verify the practicability of the designed adaptive technology. The results of these tests demonstrate the enhanced performance of the proposed control scheme with nonlinear parameter estimations under insufficient stability margins and validate its robustness in the event of actuator failures.     

动态负调约束下固体冲压发动机燃气流量控制算法研究

变流量固体冲压发动机工作过程中，常采用控制燃气发生器压强的方式调节燃气生成量，在跟踪变化压强指令过程中，流量会产生明显的负调现象，严重影响发动机系统的安全性和可靠性。为 解决这一问题，本文以具有高度非线性、强时变特性的燃气发生器系统为对象，构建了基于粒子群算法的流量调节自适应PI控制器，并给出一种利用自适应微分跟踪器对期望控制指令进行“整形”的负调改善算法；首先，结合负调发生、终止判据，综合考量系统流量安全裕度，负调发生方向，构建了适配于动态负调约束的自适应跟踪微分器（TD），克服了传统跟踪微分器在负调抑制过程中控制精度不高，指向性不强等缺陷；进一步，开展了多工况下的负调抑制算法仿真校验，结果表明：所设计自适应控制算法具备良好的燃气流量控制能力，可实现在基本不改变响应时间情况下，将最大负调量削减56.6%的控制效果，展现出良好的工程应用前景。     

Adaptive sliding mode control of spacecraft attitude-orbit dynamics on SE(3)

In this paper, to solve the problem of parameters uncertainty in spacecraft tracking control, an adaptive controller based on sliding mode is proposed for the relative spacecraft attitude-orbit dynamics on the Lie group SE(3). The dynamic equations of relative attitude orbit error for two spacecraft are established in the framework of Lie group SE(3). Considering the uncertainty of spacecraft parameters, a formal decomposition of known and unknown parameters, the state variables and control variables is firstly made in the original system. An online estimator is designed to evaluate the unknown parameters. A sliding mode controller is developed to actuate the spacecraft to track the target spacecraft. Then a Lyapunov function of tracking error and parameters estimated error is designed to prove the stability of the closed-loop system. Finally, the simulation results and analysis are presented to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.     

Pressure distribution feature-oriented sampling for statistical analysis of supercritical airfoil aerodynamics

In the field of supercritical wing design, various principles and rules have been summarized through theoretical and experimental analyses. Compared with black-box relationships between geometry parameters and performances, quantitative physical laws about pressure distributions and performances are clearer and more beneficial to designers. With the advancement of computational fluid dynamics and computational intelligence, discovering new rules through statistical analysis on computers has beco...