title: Continuous high order sliding mode controller design for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle.
abstract: This paper investigates the problem of tracking control with uncertainties for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle (FAHV). In order to overcome the analytical intractability of this model, an Input-Output linearization model is constructed for the purpose of feedback control design. Then, the continuous finite time convergence high order sliding mode controller is designed for the Input-Output linearization model without uncertainties. In addition, a nonlinear disturbance observer is applied to estimate the uncertainties in order to compensate the controller and disturbance suppression, where disturbance observer and controller synthesis design is obtained. Finally, the synthesis of controller and disturbance observer is used to achieve the tracking for the velocity and altitude of the FAHV and simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the control strategies.
authors.affiliation: School of Control Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China. Electronic address: wangjie1314@tju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zong
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Bailing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005246:Feedback; D008962:Models, Theoretical
keywords: Continuous high order sliding mode control; Finite-time stability; Flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle; Sliding mode disturbance observer