Quasi-Continuous Higher Order Sliding-Mode Controllers for Spacecraft-Attitude-Tracking Maneuvers

Author

Pukdeboon, Chutiphon ; Zinober, Alan S I ; Thein, May-Win L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Math., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Volume

57

Issue

4

fYear

2010

fDate

4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1436

Lastpage

1444

Abstract

This paper studies higher order sliding-mode-control laws to deal with some spacecraft-attitude-tracking problems. Quasi-continuous second- and third-order sliding controllers and differentiators are applied to quaternion-based spacecraft-attitude-tracking maneuvers. A class of linear sliding manifolds is selected as a function of angular velocities and quaternion errors. The second method of Lyapunov is used to show that tracking is achieved globally. An example of multiaxial attitude-tracking maneuvers is presented, and simulation results are included to verify and compare the practical usefulness of the various controllers.

Keywords

Lyapunov methods; angular velocity control; attitude control; nonlinear control systems; space vehicles; variable structure systems; vehicle dynamics; Lyapunov method; angular velocity function; higher order sliding mode control; linear sliding manifolds; multiaxial attitude-tracking maneuvers; quasicontinuous sliding mode control; quaternion error function; spacecraft control; Higher order sliding-mode control (HOSMC); sliding-mode differentiators; spacecraft control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2009.2030215

Filename

5229194