Finite-time chaos control and synchronization of fractional-order nonautonomous chaotic (hyperchaotic) systems using fractional nonsingular terminal sliding mode technique

In this paper, a novel fractional-order terminal sliding mode control approach is introduced to control/synchronize chaos of fractional-order nonautonomous chaotic/hyperchaotic systems in a given finite time. The effects of model uncertainties and external disturbances are fully taken into account. First, a novel fractional nonsingular terminal sliding surface is proposed and its finite-time convergence to zero is analytically proved. Then an appropriate robust fractional sliding mode control law is proposed to ensure the occurrence of the sliding motion in a given finite time. The fractional version of the Lyapunov stability is used to prove the finite-time existence of the sliding motion. The proposed control scheme is applied to control/synchronize chaos of autonomous/nonautonomous fractional-order chaotic/hyperchaotic systems in the presence of both model uncertainties and external disturbances. Two illustrative examples are presented to show the efficiency and applicability of the proposed finite-time control strategy. It is worth to notice that the proposed fractional nonsingular terminal sliding mode control approach can be applied to control a broad range of nonlinear autonomous/nonautonomous fractional-order dynamical systems in finite time.     

A novel terminal sliding mode controller for a class of non-autonomous fractional-order systems

This paper introduces a finite-time control technique for control of a class of non-autonomous fractional-order nonlinear systems in the presence of system uncertainties and external noises. It is known that finite-time control methods demonstrate better robustness and disturbance rejection properties. Moreover, finite time control methods have optimal settling time. In order to design a robust finite-time controller, a new nonsingular terminal sliding manifold is proposed. The proposed sliding mode dynamics has the property of fast convergence to zero. Afterwards, a novel fractional sliding mode control law is introduced to guarantee the occurrence of the sliding motion in finite time. The convergence times of both reaching and sliding phases are estimated. The main characteristics of the proposed fractional sliding mode technique are (1) finite-time convergence to the origin; (2) the use of only one control input; (3) robustness against system uncertainties and external noises; and (4) the ability of control of non-autonomous fractional-order systems. At the end of this paper, some computer simulations are included to highlight the applicability and efficacy of the proposed fractional control method.     

A switching fractional calculus-based controller for normal non-linear dynamical systems

In this paper, a fractional calculus-based terminal sliding mode controller is introduced for finite-time control of non-autonomous non-linear dynamical systems in the canonical form. A fractional terminal switching manifold which is appropriate for canonical integer-order systems is firstly designed. Then some conditions are provided to avoid the inherent singularities of the conventional terminal sliding manifolds. A non-smooth Lyapunov function is adopted to prove the finite time stability and convergence of the sliding mode dynamics. Afterward, based on the sliding mode control theory, an equivalent control and a discontinuous control law are designed to guarantee the occurrence of the sliding motion in finite time. The proposed control scheme uses only one control input to stabilize the system. The proposed controller is also robust against system uncertainties and external disturbances. Two illustrative examples show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed fractional finite-time control strategy. It is worth noting that the proposed sliding mode controller can be applied for control and stabilization of a large class of non-autonomous non-linear uncertain canonical systems.     

Robust finite-time tracking for a square fully actuated class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, the robust finite-time tracking problem is addressed for a square fully actuated class of nonlinear systems subjected to disturbances and uncertainties. Firstly, two applicable lemmas are derived and novel nonlinear sliding surfaces (manifolds) are defined by applying these lemmas. Secondly, by developing the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control, two different types of robust nonlinear control inputs are designed to meet and accomplish the aforementioned finite-time tracking objective. The global finite-time stability of the closed-loop nonlinear system is evaluated analytically and mathematically. The proposed control inputs are utilized to tackle and solve two interesting issues containing (a): the finite-time tracking problem of the unified chaotic system and (b): the finite-time synchronization of two non-identical hyperchaotic systems. Finally, based on MATLAB software, two numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate and demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed robust finite-time nonlinear control schemes.

     

Fractional order fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode synchronization and control of fractional order chaotic systems

This paper presents fractional order fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for stabilization and synchronization of fractional order chaotic systems with uncertainties and disturbances. First, a novel fractional order terminal sliding mode surface is proposed to guarantee the fixed-time convergence of system states along the sliding surface. Second, a nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller is designed to force the system states to reach the sliding surface within fixed-time and remain on it forever. Furthermore, the fractional Lyapunov stability theory is used to prove the fixed-time stability and the robustness of the proposed control scheme and estimate the upper bound of convergence time. Next, the proposed control scheme is applied to the synchronization of two nonidentical fractional order Liu chaotic systems and chaos suppression of fractional order power system. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. Finally, some application issues about the proposed scheme are discussed.

     

Finite-time consensus tracking of second-order multi-agent systems via nonsingular TSM

The finite-time consensus tracking problem for second-order multi-agent system is investigated in this paper. The multi-agent system here is composed of a leader with bounded input signal and n followers with bounded disturbances. A new continuous nonlinear distributed consensus tracking protocol is constructed via nonsingular terminal sliding mode (TSM) scheme. It is proved that the overall system will reach consensus in finite time via Lyapunov theory when appropriately choosing the parameters under directed connected topology. Finally, simulations are performed, and results show that the method is robust and efficient.     

Finite-time combination-combination synchronization of four different chaotic systems with unknown parameters via sliding mode control

In this paper, we apply the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control technique to realize the novel combination-combination synchronization between combination of two chaotic systems as drive system and combination of two chaotic systems as response system with unknown parameters in a finite time. On the basic of the adaptive laws and finite-time stability theory, an adaptive combination sliding mode controller is proposed to ensure the occurrence of the sliding motion in a given finite time for four different chaotic systems. In theory, it is proved that the sliding mode technique can realize fast convergence for four different chaotic systems in the finite time. Some criteria and corollaries are derived for finite-time combination-combination synchronization of four different chaotic systems. Numerical simulation results are shown to verify the effectiveness and correctness of the combination-combination synchronization.     

Finite-time real combination synchronization of three complex-variable chaotic systems with unknown parameters via sliding mode control

The problem of real combination synchronization between three complex-variable chaotic systems with unknown parameters is investigated by nonsingular terminal sliding mode control in a finite time. Based on the adaptive laws and finite-time stability theory, a nonsingular terminal sliding mode control is designed to ensure the real combination synchronization of three complex-variable chaotic systems in a given finite time. It is theoretically gained that the introduced sliding mode technique has finite-time convergence and stability in both arriving and sliding mode phases. Numerical simulation results are given to show the effectiveness and reliability of the finite-time real combination synchronization.     

Adaptive sliding mode control of uncertain chaotic systems with input nonlinearity

This paper is concerned with the stabilization problem of uncertain chaotic systems with input nonlinearity. The slope parameters of this nonlinearity are unmeasured. A new sliding function is designed, then an adaptive sliding mode controller is established such that the trajectory of the system converges to the sliding surface in a finite time and finite-time reachability is theoretically proved. Using a virtual state feedback control technique, sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of sliding mode dynamics is derived via linear matrix inequality (LMI). Then the results can be extended to uncertain chaotic systems with disturbances and adaptive sliding mode H _∞ controllers are designed. Finally, a simulation example is presented to show the validity and advantage of the proposed method.     

Finite-time stabilization of uncertain non-autonomous chaotic gyroscopes with nonlinear inputs

Gyroscopes are one of the most interesting and everlasting nonlinear nonautonomous dynamical systems that exhibit very complex dynamical behavior such as chaos.In this paper,the problem of robust stabi...     

Finite-time event-triggered sliding mode control for one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems with uncertainties

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper investigates the problem of finite-time event-triggered sliding mode control for one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems with uncertainties. The system is subjected to...     

Terminal sliding mode control for aeroelastic systems

An aeroelastic system is a nonlinear system with two freedoms, i.e., the plunge displacement and the pitch angle, in a dynamic system model. A chaos effect or a limit cycle oscillation is presumably attributed to the nonlinear effect of the pitch angle mentioned above or the interaction between the aerodynamic behaviors. It is that a single trailing edge input in an aeroelastic system is employed as a way to suppress the limit cycle oscillation with an exclusive choice between the plunge displacement and the pitch angle for a control law design. Consequently, the remaining inevitably turns into an internal dynamics, whose stability is adversely affected by the flight speed and structure parameters, a problem improved by no means using a singe control input design. Toward this end, this work presents a controller design criterion with multiple input channels for both the leading and training edges to remove the uncertainty effect of internal dynamics, and render more room for the response design of the plunge displacement as well as the pitch angle. Mostly due to external disturbance and unknown uncertainty, there is a deviation between the intended and implemented system performances for a robust control design, a mainstream research issue in the modern control. As a consequence of a sliding mode control utilized here, the limit cycle oscillation suffered in an aeroelastic system is removed effectively by the use of a terminal sliding mode control, and the chattering phenomenon seen in the control signal is hence eliminated by his method. It is seen from simulations that the control system is stably assured to reach the target within a limited time frame with an addition of a saturation function to the control law.     

Time-varying sliding-coefficient-based terminal sliding mode control methods for a class of fourth-order nonlinear systems

This paper presents a decoupled terminal sliding mode control (DTSMC) and a nonsingular decoupled terminal sliding mode control (NDTSMC) method for a class of fourth-order nonlinear systems. First, the nonlinear fourth-order system is decoupled into two (primary and secondary) second-order subsystems. The sliding surface of each subsystem was designed by utilizing time-varying coefficients, which are computed by linear functions derived from the input–output mapping of the one-dimensional fuzzy rule bases. Then the control target of the secondary subsystem was embedded to the primary subsystem by the help of an intermediate signal. Thereafter, the DTSMC and the NDTSMC methods were utilized separately to ensure that both subsystems converge to their equilibrium points. The inverted pendulum system was used in the simulations and results were given to show the effectiveness of the proposed methods. It is seen that the proposed methods exhibit a considerable improvement in terms of a faster dynamic response and lower IAE and ITAE values as compared with the existing decoupled control methods in the literature.     

Adaptive terminal sliding mode control for anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems

This paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control method for anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems. By fusion of the terminal sliding mode control and the adaptive control techniques, a robust controller is designed so that the states tracking error can reach the terminal sliding mode surface and converge to zero in a finite time. Finally, some simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness and the feasibility of the proposed anti-synchronization scheme.     

Finite-time chaos control of unified chaotic systems with uncertain parameters

This paper is concerned with finite-time chaos control of unified chaotic systems with uncertain parameters. Based on the finite-time stability theory in the cascade-connected system, a nonlinear control law is presented to achieve finite-time chaos control. The controller is simple and easy to be constructed. Simulation results for Lorenz, Lü, and Chen chaotic systems are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60674024).     

Adaptive terminal sliding mode control for nonlinear differential inclusion systems with disturbance

This paper deals with the adaptive terminal sliding mode control for nonlinear differential inclusion systems subjected to disturbance. The upper bound of the disturbance is unknown. First, the fast terminal sliding mode surface is established and sufficient condition for fast convergence is given. Then the adaptive sliding mode controller is designed to make the state of system arrive at the sliding mode in finite time. A numerical example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Control of a class of fractional-order chaotic systems via sliding mode

This paper investigates the chaos control of a class of fractional-order chaotic systems via sliding mode. First, the sliding mode control law is derived to make the states of the fractional-order chaotic systems asymptotically stable. Second, the designed control scheme guarantees asymptotical stability of the uncertain fractional-order chaotic systems in the presence of an external disturbance. Finally, simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed sliding mode control method.     

Finite-time prescribed performance control of MEMS gyroscopes

This paper addresses the finite-time prescribed performance control of MEMS gyroscopes. From the perspective of practical engineering, this paper arranges the desirable transient and steady-state performances according to the engineering requirements in the controller design procedure. For the tracking performance, prescribed performance control is studied to limited the steady-state error and the maximum overshoot. For the prescribed settling time, super-twisting sliding mode control and nonsingular terminal sliding mode control are employed to achieve finite-time convergence, respectively. The system stability is verified via Lyapunov approach. Through simulation tests, it is demonstrated that prescribed performance and finite-time convergence can be obtained under the proposed control scheme.

     

Observer-based adaptive fuzzy finite-time prescribed performance tracking control for strict-feedback systems with input dead-zone and saturation

This paper considers the problems of finite-time prescribed performance tracking control for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems with input dead-zone and saturation simultaneously. The unknown nonlinear functions are approximated by fuzzy logic systems and the unmeasurable states are estimated by designing a fuzzy state observer. In addition, a non-affine smooth function is used to approximate the non-smooth input dead-zone and saturated nonlinearity, and it is varied to the affine form via the mean value theorem. An adaptive fuzzy output feedback controller is developed by backstepping control method and Nussbaum gain method. It guarantees that the tracking error falls within a pre-set boundary at finite time and all the signals of the closed-loop system are bounded. The simulation results illustrate the feasibility of the design scheme.

     

Secure communication in wireless sensor networks based on chaos synchronization using adaptive sliding mode control

Due to resource constraints in wireless sensor networks and the presence of unwanted conditions in communication systems and transmission channels, the suggestion of a robust method which provides battery lifetime increment and relative security is of vital importance. This paper considers the secure communication in wireless sensor networks based on new robust adaptive finite time chaos synchronization approach in the presence of noise and uncertainty. For this purpose, the modified Chua oscillators are added to the base station and sensor nodes to generate the chaotic signals. Chaotic signals are impregnated with the noise and uncertainty. At first, we apply the modified independent component analysis to separate the noise from the chaotic signals. Then, using the adaptive finite-time sliding mode controller, a control law and an adaptive parameter-tuning method is proposed to achieve the finite-time chaos synchronization under the noisy conditions and parametric uncertainties. Synchronization between the base station and each of the sensor nodes is realized by multiplying a selection matrix by the specified chaotic signal which is broadcasted by the base station to the sensor nodes. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed technique.