Backstepping Control Based on Constrained Command Filter for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles with AOA and Actuator Constraints

Abstract

An antisaturation backstepping control scheme based on constrained command filter for hypersonic flight vehicle (HFV) is proposed with the consideration of angle of attack (AOA) constraint and actuator constraints of amplitude and rate. Firstly, the HFV system model is divided into velocity subsystem and height subsystem. Secondly, to handle AOA constraint, a constrained command filter is constructed to limit the amplitude of the AOA command and retain its differentiability. And the constraint range is set in advance via a prescribed performance method to guarantee that the tracking error of the AOA meets the constraint conditions and transient and steady performance. Thirdly, the proposed constrained command filter is combined with the auxiliary system for actuator constraints, which ensures that the control input meets the limited requirements of amplitude and rate, and the system is stable. In addition, the tracking errors of the system are proved to be ultimately uniformly bounded based on the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by simulation.

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“…Existing nonholonomic constraint studies can be found in references [23][24][25][26], whereas input saturation studies can be found in references [27][28][29][30][31]. It is worth mentioning that the robust backstepping approach or the sliding mode approach is a powerful approach for controlling the nonholonomic system with input constraints [32][33][34]. However, there may be some problems such as introducing more complex structures, relying on more system information, etc.…”