Adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of smart structures

Smart structures are usually designed with a stimulus-response mechanism to mimic the autoregulatory process of living systems. In this work, in order to simulate this natural and self-adjustable behavior, an adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller is applied to a shape memory two-bar truss. This structural system exhibits both constitutive and geometrical nonlinearities presenting the snap-through behavior and chaotic dynamics. On this basis, a variable structure controller is employed for vibration suppression in the chaotic smart truss. The control scheme is primarily based on sliding mode methodology and enhanced by an adaptive fuzzy inference system to cope with modeling inaccuracies and external disturbances. The robustness of this approach against both structured and unstructured uncertainties enables the adoption of simple constitutive models for control purposes. The overall control system performance is evaluated by means of numerical simulations, promoting vibration reduction and avoiding snap-through behavior.     

Genetic algorithm based active vibration control for a moving flexible smart beam driven by a pneumatic rod cylinder

A rod cylinder based pneumatic driving scheme is proposed to suppress the vibration of a flexible smart beam. Pulse code modulation (PCM) method is employed to control the motion of the cylinder's piston rod for simultaneous positioning and vibration suppression. Firstly, the system dynamics model is derived using Hamilton principle. Its standard state-space representation is obtained for characteristic analysis, controller design, and simulation. Secondly, a genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to optimize and tune the control gain parameters adaptively based on the specific performance index. Numerical simulations are performed on the pneumatic driving elastic beam system, using the established model and controller with tuned gains by GA optimization process. Finally, an experimental setup for the flexible beam driven by a pneumatic rod cylinder is constructed. Experiments for suppressing vibrations of the flexible beam are conducted. Theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed pneumatic drive scheme and the adopted control algorithms are feasible. The large amplitude vibration of the first bending mode can be suppressed effectively.     

Parametric control of an axially moving string via fuzzy sliding-mode and fuzzy neural network methods

This study is dedicated to design effective control schemes to suppress transverse vibration of an axially moving string system by adjusting the axial tension of the string. To this end, a continuous model in the form of partial differential equations is first established to describe the system dynamics. Using an energy-like system functional as a Lyapunov function, a sliding-mode controller (SMC) is designed to be applied when the level of vibration is not small. Due to non-analyticity of the SMC control effort generated as vibration level becoming small, two intelligent control schemes are proposed to complete the task — fuzzy sliding-mode control (FSMC) and fuzzy neural network control (FNNC). Both control approaches are based on a common structure of fuzzy control, taking switching function and its derivative as inputs and tension variation as output to reduce the transverse vibration of the string. In the framework of FSMC, genetic algorithm (GA) is utilized to search for the optimal scalings for the inputs; in addition, the technique of regionwise linear fuzzy logic control (RLFLC) is employed to simplify the computation procedure of the fuzzy reasoning. On the other hand, FNNC is proposed for conducting on-line tuning of control parameters to overcome model uncertainty. Numerical simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness of controllers. Satisfactory stability and vibration suppression are attained for all controllers with the findings that the FSMC assisted by GA holds the advantage of fast convergence with a precise model while the FNNC is robust to model uncertainty and environmental disturbance although a relatively slower convergence could be present.     

Experimental evaluation of a piezoelectric vibration absorber using a simplified fuzzy controller in a cantilever beam

This study presents a novel resonant fuzzy logic controller (FLC) to minimize structural vibration using collocated piezoelectric actuator/sensor pairs. The proposed fuzzy controller increases the damping of the structures to minimize certain resonant responses. The vibration absorber is first experimentally examined by a cantilever beam test bed for impulse and near-resonant excitation cases. Moreover, the effectiveness of the new fuzzy control design to a state-of-the-art control scheme is compared through the experimental studies. The experimental results indicate the proposed controller is highly promising for this application field. Our results further demonstrate that the fuzzy approach is much better than traditional control methods. In summary, a novel vibration absorption scheme using fuzzy logic has been demonstrated to significantly enhance the performance of a flexible structure with resonant response.     

超声振动系统频率自动跟踪的模糊控制算法研究

针对大功率超声应用中,工作频带窄、频率跟踪速度要求快的特点,提出将模糊控制智能算法（Fuzzy Control）和数字频率直接合成技术（DDS）相结合的频率自动跟踪方案,依据经验归纳制定模糊控制器来快速跟踪工作频率,将驱动频率调节至谐振频率附近;随后只采用DDS进行频率的微调节,使得电源频率工作在超声换能器的谐振频率点上。最后,通过在MATLAB软件中对控制算法进行验证,表明本文算法具有可行性,能够实现对大功率超声波电源的频率自动跟踪。     

模糊PID控制在ATP伺服系统中的应用

针对空间光通信ATP伺服系统采用一种模糊PID参数自整定的控制方法,结合模糊控制与常规PID控制的优点,讨论了模糊PID参数自整定控制器的设计方法。利用MATLAB中的模糊控制工具箱进行了系统的辅助设计与仿真实验,并与传统PID控制系统进行比较。仿真结果表明,该控制方法明显优于传统PID控制,并能使ATP系统的视轴稳定性得到提高。     

Active vibration control using optimized modified acceleration feedback with Adaptive Line Enhancer for frequency tracking

Modified acceleration feedback (MAF) control, an active vibration control method that uses collocated piezoelectric actuators and accelerometer is developed and its gains optimized using an optimal controller. The control system consists of two main parts: (1) frequency adaptation that uses Adaptive Line Enhancer (ALE) and (2) an optimized controller. Frequency adaptation method tracks the frequency of vibrations using ALE. The obtained frequency is then fed to MAF compensators. This provides a unique feature for MAF, by extending its domain of capabilities from controlling a certain mode of vibrations to any excited mode. The optimized MAF controller can provide optimal sets of gains for a wide range of frequencies, based on the characteristics of the system. The experimental results show that the frequency tracking method works quite well and fast enough to be used in a real-time controller. ALE parameters are numerically and experimentally investigated and tuned for optimized frequency tracking. The results also indicate that the MAF can provide significant vibration reduction using the optimized controller. The control power varies for vibration suppression at different resonance frequencies; however, it is always optimized.     

精确跟瞄控制技术研究

针对目标跟瞄多功能的需求,将最小方差估计和跟踪控制的思想结合,设计了一种跟瞄控制器,实现了目标位置预测与伺服控制的融合,优化了系统结构。采用基于当前统计模型的改进卡尔曼滤波算法,预测出目标运动状态参数;采用自适应滑模的解算控制方法,实现伺服系统的位置控制。通过仿真实验,系统状态稳定,抗干扰能力加强,通过对数据分析,跟瞄精度明显提高。     

Improved Adaptive Augmentation Control for a Flexible Launch Vehicle with Elastic Vibration

The continuous development of spacecraft with large flexible structures has resulted in an increase in the mass and aspect ratio of launch vehicles, while the wide application of lightweight materials in the aerospace field has increased the flexible modes of launch vehicles. In order to solve the problem of deviation from the nominal control or even destabilization of the system caused by uncertainties such as unknown or unmodelled dynamics, frequency perturbation of the flexible mode, changes in its own parameters, and external environmental disturbances during the flight of such large-scale flexible launch vehicles with simultaneous structural deformation, rigid-elastic coupling and multimodal vibrations, an improved adaptive augmentation control method based on model reference adaption, and spectral damping is proposed in this paper, including a basic PD controller, a reference model, and an adaptive gain adjustment based on spectral damping. The baseline PD controller was used for flight attitude control in the nominal state. In the non-nominal state, the spectral dampers in the adaptive gain adjustment law extracted and processed the high-frequency signal from the tracking error and control-command error between the reference model and the actual system to generate the adaptive gain. The adjustment gain was multiplied by the baseline controller gain to increase/decrease the overall gain of the system to improve the system’s performance and robust stability, so that the system had the ability to return to the nominal state when it was affected by various uncertainties and deviated from the nominal state, or even destabilized.     

基于模糊模型的耦合时空混沌H_\infty$跟踪控制

由于子系统的时空耦合作用，实现耦合时空混沌的跟踪控制比较困难。然而模型未知的耦合时空混沌的子系统可由一系列模糊逻辑模型逼近，每个模糊逻辑模型代表子系统在特定运行点的局部线性化模型。基于该系列模糊模型，采用模糊跟踪控制方法实现了耦合时空混沌的模型参考跟踪控制，并用线性矩阵不等式的凸优化方法求解控制器参数，确保系统的全局渐近稳定性。仿真验证了方案的有效性。     

On utilizing delayed feedback for active-multimode vibration control of cantilever beams

We present a single-input single-output multimode delayed-feedback control methodology to mitigate the free vibrations of a flexible cantilever beam. For the purpose of controller design and stability analysis, we consider a reduced-order model consisting of the first n vibration modes. The temporal variation of these modes is represented by a set of nonlinearly coupled ordinary-differential equations that capture the evolving dynamics of the beam. Considering a linearized version of these equations, we derive a set of analytical conditions that are solved numerically to assess the stability of the closed-loop system. To verify these conditions, we characterize the stability boundaries using the first two vibration modes and compare them to damping contours obtained by long-time integration of the full nonlinear equations of motion. Simulations show excellent agreement between both approaches. We analyze the effect of the size and location of the piezoelectric patch and the location of the sensor on the stability of the response. We show that the stability boundaries are highly dependent on these parameters. Finally, we implement the controller on a cantilever beam for different controller gain-delay combinations and assess the performance using time histories of the beam response. Numerical simulations clearly demonstrate the controller ability to mitigate vibrations emanating from multiple modes simultaneously.     

Input shaping and variable structure control for simultaneous precision positioning and vibration reduction of flexible spacecraft with saturation compensation

This paper treats the question of simultaneous robust attitude control and vibration suppression of orbiting spacecraft with flexible appendages. The spacecraft consists of a rigid body and two flexible appendages and the finite dimensional representation of the flexible spacecraft is assumed to be of arbitrary order. Robust nonlinear variable structure control (VSC) strategy integrated with input shaping technique is concerned for the pitch angle control and elastic vibration suppression under actuator saturation limit. More specially, the input shaper is implemented outside of the feedback loop, which is designed for the reference model and achieves the exact elimination of residual vibration; while for the feedback loop, the variable structure controller is designed to make the closed-loop system behave like the reference model with the input shaper in the presence of parametric uncertainty, external disturbances and actuator saturation. To prevent the presence of input saturation from destroying the system performance, a saturation compensator is designed as well for the variable structure attitude control system. For the synthesis of the attitude controller, only the pitch angel and its derivative are used. Simulation results are presented which show that in the closed loop, pitch angel control and elastic mode stabilization are accomplished in spite of uncertainty and external disturbance.     

Fractional-order optimal fuzzy control for network delay

Fuzzy logic control has been used frequently in tuning network control system (NCS) due to its on-line dynamic static non-linear match and several remarkable fractional-order controllers have achieved satisfactory control performance when applied to NCS in present years, therefore, in this paper, a novel fractional fuzzy logic controller which combined the fractional algorithm and fuzzy logic control together has been proposed to deal with fixed and random network induced delays in closed-loop feedback systems. The comparisons of set-point tracking performances of fractional fuzzy logic PID controller (FFuzzyPID), conventional fuzzy logic PID controller(FuzzyPID), fractional optimal PID controller (FOPID), and optimal PID controller(OPID) on a representative plant with fixed and random network delays have been shown with simulations. The simulation results indicate that fractional fuzzy logic controller has higher capability to handle network delays compared with other controllers in most cases.     

变负荷工况下制冷系统多变量模糊控制方法研究

通过对制冷系统的非线性热力学耦合特性研究和控制方法分析,提出了基于多变量模糊控制方法的压缩机频率和电子膨胀阀开度协调控制方法,并在制冷系统变负荷工况下进行了试验.结果表明,该方法很好的适应了制冷系统变工况的控制要求,具有跟踪性能良好、控制精度高,并能显著的提高制冷系统的变负荷运行时的性能系数(COP).     

高精度光电跟踪系统中伺服稳定控制算法研究

针对光电跟踪稳定平台系统中载机振动、系统参数摄动、摩擦力矩及外部扰动等因素直接影响光电跟踪系统稳定精度的问题,从伺服控制器控制角度出发抑制跟踪系统中的偏差,提高稳定精度,保证其在复杂环境下仍具有强鲁棒性.通过建立光电跟踪稳定平台系统的数学模型,分析干扰力矩、陀螺噪声及系统参数的变化对光电稳定平台的影响,设计了基于新型非...     

Vibration characteristics of a rotating flexible arm with ACLD treatment

In this paper, the vibration behavior and control of a clamped–free rotating flexible cantilever arm with fully covered active constrained layer damping (ACLD) treatment are investigated. The arm is rotating in a horizontal plane in which the gravitational effect and rotary inertia are neglected. The stress–strain relationship for the viscoelastic material (VEM) is described by a complex shear modulus while the shear deformations in the two piezoelectric layers are neglected. Hamilton's principle in conjunction with finite element method (FEM) is used to derive the non-linear coupled differential equations of motion and the associated boundary conditions that describe the rigid hub angle rotation, the arm transverse displacement and the axial deformations of the three-layer composite. This refined model takes into account the effects of centrifugal stiffening due to the rotation of the beam and the potential energies of the VEM due to extension and bending. Active controllers are designed with PD for the piezosensor and actuator. The vibration frequencies and damping factors of the closed-loop beam/ACLD system are obtained after solving the characteristic complex eigenvalue problem numerically. The effects of different rotating speed, thickness ratio and loss factor of the VEM as well as different controller gain on the damped frequency and damping ratio are presented. The results of this study will be useful in the design of adaptive and smart structures for vibration suppression and control in rotating structures such as rotorcraft blades or robotic arms.     

混沌系统的非线性连续预测变结构控制与同步

在连续时间混沌系统的控制与同步问题统一处理的基础上,给出一种可实现两个相同或不同连续时间混沌系统的控制与同步的预测变结构控制方法.其控制器由针对对象标称非线性模型设计的连续预测控制器和针对对象不确定性设计的滑模变结构控制器组成.所提出的方案具有变结构控制鲁棒性强的优点,实现了系统对参考信号的追踪控制.数值仿真表明了本方法的有效性 关键词： 混沌同步 预测控制 滑模 变结构 鲁棒性     

H基于模糊观测器参数摄动的耦合时空混沌H跟踪控制

由于子系统的时空耦合作用及参数的摄动性，实现参数摄动的耦合时空混沌的跟踪控制非常困难。然而模型未知的耦合时空混沌的每个子系统可由一系列模糊逻辑模型逼近，每个模糊逻辑模型代表子系统在特定运行点的局部线性化模型，同时考虑子系统状态的不可测性，采用模糊观测器来估计子系统的状态。基于模糊模型及状态观测器，计及混沌参数的摄动性，提出一种模糊跟踪控制方案，实现了参数摄动的耦合时空混沌的鲁棒跟踪控制，并将模糊跟踪控制表征为线性矩阵不等式问题，用线性矩阵不等式的凸优化方法求解控制器参数，确保系统的全局渐近稳定性。仿真验证了方案的有效性。     

Active vibration control of beam structures using acceleration feedback control with piezoceramic actuators

In this study, the active vibration control of clamped–clamped beams using the acceleration feedback (AF) controller with a sensor/moment pair actuator configuration is investigated. The sensor/moment pair actuator is a non-collocated configuration, and it is the main source of instability in the direct velocity feedback control system. First, the AF controller with non-collocated sensor/moment pair actuator is numerically implemented for a clamped–clamped beam. Then, to characterize and solve the instability problem of the AF controller, a parametric study is conducted. The design parameters (gain and damping ratio) are found to have significant effects on the stability and performance of the AF controller. Next, based on the characteristics of AF controllers, a multimode controllable single-input single-output (SISO) AF controller is considered. Three AF controllers are connected in parallel with the SISO architecture. Each controller is tuned to a different mode (in this case, the second, third and fourth modes). The design parameters are determined on the basis of the parametric study. The multimode AF controller with the selected design parameters has good stability and a high gain margin. Moreover, it reduces the vibration significantly. The vibration levels at the tuned modes are reduced by about 12 dB. Finally, the performance of the AF controller is verified by conducting an experiment. The vibration level of each controlled mode can be reduced by about 12 dB and this value is almost same as the theoretical result.     

Robust adaptive fuzzy neural tracking control for a class of unknown chaotic systems

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy neural controller (AFNC) for a class of unknown chaotic systems is proposed. The proposed AFNC is comprised of a fuzzy neural controller and a robust controller. The fuzzy neural controller including a fuzzy neural network identifier (FNNI) is the principal controller. The FNNI is used for online estimation of the controlled system dynamics by tuning the parameters of fuzzy neural network (FNN). The Gaussian function, a specific example of radial basis function, is adopted here as a membership function. So, the tuning parameters include the weighting factors in the consequent part and the means and variances of the Gaussian membership functions in the antecedent part of fuzzy implications. To tune the parameters online, the back-propagation (BP) algorithm is developed. The robust controller is used to guarantee the stability and to control the performance of the closed-loop adaptive system, which is achieved always. Finally, simulation results show that the AFNC can achieve favourable tracking performances.