A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems

Electromechanical actuator (EMA) systems are widely employed in missiles. Due to the influence of the nonlinearities, there is a flat-top of about 64 ms when tracking the small-angle sinusoidal signals, which significantly reduces the performance of the EMA system and even causes the missile traject...

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Main Authors: Man Zhou, Dapeng Mao, Mingyue Zhang, Lihong Guo, Mingde Gong
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/12/4449
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author Man Zhou
Dapeng Mao
Mingyue Zhang
Lihong Guo
Mingde Gong
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Dapeng Mao
Mingyue Zhang
Lihong Guo
Mingde Gong
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description Electromechanical actuator (EMA) systems are widely employed in missiles. Due to the influence of the nonlinearities, there is a flat-top of about 64 ms when tracking the small-angle sinusoidal signals, which significantly reduces the performance of the EMA system and even causes the missile trajectory to oscillate. Aiming to solve these problems, this paper presents a hybrid control for flat-top situations. In contrast to the traditional PID or sliding mode controllers that missiles usually use, this paper utilizes improved sliding mode control based on a novel reaching law to eliminate the flat-top during the steering of the input signal, and utilizes the PID control to replace discontinuous control and improve the performance of EMA system. In addition, boundary layer and switching function are employed to solve the high-frequency chattering problem caused by traditional sliding mode control. Experiments indicate that the hybrid control can evidently reduce the flat-top time from 64 ms to 12 ms and eliminate the trajectory limit cycle oscillation. Compared with PID controllers, the proposed controller provides better performance—less chattering, less flat-top, higher precision, and no oscillation.
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spelling doaj.art-070bcb63181e450883d7ce6c0da9715c2022-12-22T04:24:28ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-12-011812444910.3390/s18124449s18124449A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator SystemsMan Zhou0Dapeng Mao1Mingyue Zhang2Lihong Guo3Mingde Gong4Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaChangchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaChangchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaChangchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, ChinaElectromechanical actuator (EMA) systems are widely employed in missiles. Due to the influence of the nonlinearities, there is a flat-top of about 64 ms when tracking the small-angle sinusoidal signals, which significantly reduces the performance of the EMA system and even causes the missile trajectory to oscillate. Aiming to solve these problems, this paper presents a hybrid control for flat-top situations. In contrast to the traditional PID or sliding mode controllers that missiles usually use, this paper utilizes improved sliding mode control based on a novel reaching law to eliminate the flat-top during the steering of the input signal, and utilizes the PID control to replace discontinuous control and improve the performance of EMA system. In addition, boundary layer and switching function are employed to solve the high-frequency chattering problem caused by traditional sliding mode control. Experiments indicate that the hybrid control can evidently reduce the flat-top time from 64 ms to 12 ms and eliminate the trajectory limit cycle oscillation. Compared with PID controllers, the proposed controller provides better performance—less chattering, less flat-top, higher precision, and no oscillation.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/12/4449electromechanical actuatorflat-toplimit cycle oscillationchatteringPID-ISM
spellingShingle Man Zhou
Dapeng Mao
Mingyue Zhang
Lihong Guo
Mingde Gong
A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
Sensors
electromechanical actuator
flat-top
limit cycle oscillation
chattering
PID-ISM
title A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
title_full A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
title_fullStr A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
title_full_unstemmed A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
title_short A Hybrid Control with PID–Improved Sliding Mode for Flat-Top of Missile Electromechanical Actuator Systems
title_sort hybrid control with pid improved sliding mode for flat top of missile electromechanical actuator systems
topic electromechanical actuator
flat-top
limit cycle oscillation
chattering
PID-ISM
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/12/4449
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