Fault-tolerant control design for near-space vehicles based on a dynamic terminal sliding mode technique

Abstract

In this paper, a fault-tolerant control scheme based on a second-order dynamic terminal sliding mode is proposed for a near-space vehicle attitude dynamical system in the presence of actuator faults, model parameter uncertainties and external disturbances. The principle of the proposed dynamic terminal sliding mode scheme is firstly introduced. Then, a near-space vehicle attitude faulty model with parameter uncertainty is established. Furthermore, two dynamic terminal sliding mode controllers are designed for the inner and outer loops. It is shown that the proposed algorithm can reduce chattering phenomenon and guarantee system stability and asymptotic state tracking. Finally, simulation results are provided to demonstrate the performance of the proposed fault-tolerant control scheme.