Event-Triggered Supercavitating Vehicle Terminal Sliding Mode Control Based on Non-Recursive Observation

Abstract

Supercavitating vehicles present significant issues in controller design due to their multiphase flow-coupling characteristics. This study addresses force analysis and the construction of a 6-degree-of-freedom mathematical model for a supercavitating vehicle. A terminal sliding mode control law is intended to guarantee the quick tracking of the command signal for high-precision attitude control. To drastically lower the frequency of actuation and communication, a mechanism to trigger events is also introduced into the control link. A disturbance observer, which estimates system uncertainty using a non-recursive differentiator, improves the robustness of the system. The Lyapunov approach is used to prove that the system is stable. Numerical simulation results validate that the proposed method enhances control accuracy and robustness. The event-trigger mechanism reduces the execution frequency to 18.59%, effectively reducing the communication burden.