The adaptive cruise control system maintains the appropriate distance to the lead vehicle when the lead vehicle exists and maintains the desired speed when no lead vehicle is detected. A virtual lead vehicle scheme is...
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The adaptive cruise control system maintains the appropriate distance to the lead vehicle when the lead vehicle exists and maintains the desired speed when no lead vehicle is detected. A virtual lead vehicle scheme is introduced to make the switching between the speed control algorithm and the distance control algorithm unnecessary and simplify the structure of the control system. The speed and the position of the virtual vehicle can be decided by the control system according to the current situation. Smoother responses are achieved by the virtual lead vehicle scheme compared to the conventional mode switching scheme. This method is also shown to provide a good reaction for when a lead vehicle cuts in or out. A linear quadratic controller with variable weights is suggested to control the virtual lead vehicle. This scheme shows improved performance in terms of passenger comfort and fuel efficiency of the host vehicle.
The design of a stabilization control algorithm for spacecraft that accounts for actuator saturation, dead-zone nonlinearities, and a velocity limit to ensure a fast and accurate response is reported. This control alg...
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The design of a stabilization control algorithm for spacecraft that accounts for actuator saturation, dead-zone nonlinearities, and a velocity limit to ensure a fast and accurate response is reported. This control algorithm is also designed to achieve effective compensation for external disturbances and parametric uncertainty. In addition, extensive simulations were performed using different actuator nonlinearities, disturbance inputs, and even random noise. These results showed that the attitude control and energy saving are accomplished despite these undesired effects in the system. Moreover, the flexibility in the choice of control parameters can be used to obtain desirable performance while meeting constraints on the control magnitude and velocity. These control approaches provide a theoretical basis for the practical application of the advanced control theory to spacecraft attitude control systems.
This study presents the control of distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) using band-dependent variable step size (BD-VSS) individual weighting factor with sign error based adaptive filter for power quality improv...
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This study presents the control of distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM) using band-dependent variable step size (BD-VSS) individual weighting factor with sign error based adaptive filter for power quality improvement in a weak distribution grid. Here, the proposed algorithm is used for estimation of fundamental active weight components from the distorted load currents in order to generate the reference grid currents to mitigate the grid currents power quality issues. This new control algorithm is proposed for fast and accurate estimation of active weight components with low steady-state error, without dynamic oscillation at fast convergence speed. Moreover, the frequency locked loop-double self-tuning second-order generalised integrator based voltage filter is used to extract the positive sequence voltages of the distorted grid voltages for estimating the harmonics, and noise-free voltage unit templates. Therefore, the DSTATCOM with the proposed control algorithm is capable of mitigating the harmonic currents, providing reactive power compensation and operating at unity power factor in a weak distribution grid. Test results demonstrate the viability and robustness of the proposed control algorithm under balanced and unbalanced non-linear load conditions.
Formation flying is a key technology for both deep-space and orbital applications that involve multiple spacecraft. Many future space applications will benefit from using formation flying technologies to perform distr...
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Formation flying is a key technology for both deep-space and orbital applications that involve multiple spacecraft. Many future space applications will benefit from using formation flying technologies to perform distributed observations (e.g., synthetic apertures for Earth mapping interferometry) and to provide improved coverage for communication and surveillance. Previous research has focused on designing passive apertures for these formation flying missions assuming a circular reference orbit. Those design approaches are extended and a complete initialization procedure for a large fleet of vehicles with an eccentric reference orbit is presented. The main result is derived from the homogenous solutions of the linearized relative equations of motion for the spacecraft. These solutions are used to find the necessary conditions on the initial states that produce T-periodic solutions that have the vehicles returning to the initial relative states at the end of each orbit, that is, nu(t(0)) = nu(t(0) + T). This periodicity condition and the resulting initialization procedure are originally given (in compact form) at the reference orbit perigee, but this is also generalized to enable initialization at any point around the reference orbit. In particular, an algorithm is given that minimizes the fuel cost associated with initializing the vehicle states (primarily the in-track and radial relative velocities) to values that are consistent with periodic relative motion. These algorithms extend and generalize previously published solutions for passive aperture forming with circular orbits. The periodicity condition and the homogenous solutions can also be used to estimate relative motion errors and the approximate fuel cost associated with neglecting the eccentricity in the reference orbit. The nonlinear simulations presented clearly show that ignoring the reference orbit eccentricity generates an error that is comparable to the disturbances caused by differential gravity acce
In this study, a real-time empirical mode decomposition (RT-EMD) based control technique is adopted for effective mitigation of system harmonics under ideal and non-ideal supply voltage conditions. The proposed contro...
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In this study, a real-time empirical mode decomposition (RT-EMD) based control technique is adopted for effective mitigation of system harmonics under ideal and non-ideal supply voltage conditions. The proposed control algorithm takes the active component of load current samples and the positive sequence voltage component for generating the desired reference. The fundamental component of load current is found by employing RT-EMD, which decomposes the distorted non-linear sample into a finite number of fine-scale signals termed as intrinsic mode function (IMF). Each IMF is extracted adopting continuous calculation of upper and lower envelopes using a series pipeline structure which decreases the computational complexity. The proposed control algorithm takes the positive sequence voltage component for generating the desired reference so that the system can operate in non-sinusoidal grid voltage conditions. The proposed control algorithm adopts carrier-based modulation scheme for switching of the inverter module. The effectiveness of the proposed control approach is investigated in MATLAB-Simulink environment with balanced and unbalanced loading condition and its experimental validation is carried out by a hardware prototype model using a Spartan 6 FPGA controller.
In this paper, we propose a novel linear matrix inequality-based nonlinear adaptive robust control algorithm to design the attitude and position controllers for an X-configuration quadrotor helicopter. The inner loop ...
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In this paper, we propose a novel linear matrix inequality-based nonlinear adaptive robust control algorithm to design the attitude and position controllers for an X-configuration quadrotor helicopter. The inner loop of the autopilot controls the attitude and altitude of the quadrotor, and the outer loop controls its position in the Earth-fixed coordinate frame. By assuming knowledge of the bounds of the quadrotor's uncertain parameters (e.g., mass and moments of inertia) and predetermined bounds on the external and unstructured disturbances (e.g., wind gusts and unmodeled dynamics), we attain a guaranteed transient and steady-state tracking performance. We demonstrate the performance of the controllers via two illustrative examples. In the first example mission, the quadrotor follows an altitude reference trajectory in the presence of wind gusts and delivers a package of uncertain mass midflight. The second example presents an autonomous waypoint flight in the presence of wind disturbances. The results of our simulations indicate that our controller design is useful for a variety of quadrotor applications, including precise trajectory tracking, autonomous waypoint navigation in the presence of disturbances, and package delivery without loss of performance.
The continuous growth of electric vehicles has caused electric power shortages in conventional utilities owing to the charging of electric-vehicle batteries. In order to increase the capacity of these utilities, photo...
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The continuous growth of electric vehicles has caused electric power shortages in conventional utilities owing to the charging of electric-vehicle batteries. In order to increase the capacity of these utilities, photovoltaic systems may be an appropriate solution because of their benefits. However, a large amount of loss is generated in a conventional charging structure using photovoltaic sources owing to the many power conversion processes. This paper describes a simple integrated battery charger that utilizes a PV generation system. Moreover, the system control algorithm is deduced by analyzing the operation modes in order to control the proposed integrated system. The proposed system and algorithm are verified by a 3.3-kW prototype, resulting in an increase in the efficiency of approximately 7% to 15% compared with the conventional system. And, to examine the feasibility of the proposed system, the simulation for multi-charger with various conditions are progressed.
This work presents an event-triggered controller for spacecraft rendezvous hovering phases. The goal is to maintain the chaser within a bounded region with respect to the target. The main assumption is that the chaser...
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This work presents an event-triggered controller for spacecraft rendezvous hovering phases. The goal is to maintain the chaser within a bounded region with respect to the target. The main assumption is that the chaser vehicle has impulsive thrusters. These are assumed to be orientable at any direction and are constrained by dead-zone and saturation bounds. The event-based controller relies on trigger rules deciding when a suitable control law is applied. The local control law consists on a single impulse;therefore the trigger rules design is based on the instantaneous reachability to the admissible set. The final outcome is a very efficient algorithm from both computational burden and footprint perspectives. Because the proposed methodology is based on a single impulse control, the controller invariance is local and assessed through impulsive systems theory. Finally, numerical results are shown and discussed.
This paper aims to investigate the performance of a hydraulic actuator controlled by the novel system microindependent metering (MIM). This analysis has been performed by comparing the models of two systems which are ...
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This paper aims to investigate the performance of a hydraulic actuator controlled by the novel system microindependent metering (MIM). This analysis has been performed by comparing the models of two systems which are the traditional independent metering (IM), which depends on poppet valve, and the new hydro-mechatronics system MIM, which relies on a stepped rotary flow control valve. In general, IM is a hydraulic control system which guarantees a separation between the meter-in and the meter-out of the hydraulic actuator. A Valvistor valve, a special type of Poppet valves, was developed to be embedded into the IM system. This valve has controllability and stability shortcomings which prevent the system from spreading in the industrial applications. The Valvistor valve performance is highly affected by the fluid disturbances because the fluid is considered as a part of its control elements. A stepped rotary flow control valve has been developed to control hydraulic flow rate. The valve composed of a rotary orifice attached to a stepper motor. Using this valve instead of the traditional poppet type has led to a new configuration, which is termed by MIM. This form improves the hydraulic cylinder velocity performance by rejecting the fluid disturbances effect on the control circuit.
A control algorithm combining viscous and non-linear Reid damping mechanisms has been recently proposed by the authors to command active friction dampers. In this paper. friction dampers and the proposed algorithm are...
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A control algorithm combining viscous and non-linear Reid damping mechanisms has been recently proposed by the authors to command active friction dampers. In this paper. friction dampers and the proposed algorithm are applied to control the seismic responses of a nonlinear 20-story building. Piezoelectric stack actuators are used to implement the control algorithm. The capacity of each damper is determined by the practical size of piezoelectric actuators and the availability of power supply. The saturation effect of the actuators on the building responses is investigated. To minimize the peak story drift ratio or floor acceleration of the building structure, a practical sequential procedure is developed to sub-optimally place the dampers on various floors. The effectiveness of active friction dampers and the efficiency of the proposed sequential procedure are verified by subjecting the building structure to four earthquakes of various intensities. The performance of 80 dampers and 137 dampers installed on the structure is evaluated according to 5 criteria. Numerical simulations indicated that the proposed control algorithm effectively reduces the seismic responses of the uncontrolled 20-story building, such as inelastic deformation. The sub-optimal placement of dampers based on peak acceleration outperforms that based on peak drift ratio for structures subjected to near-fault ground motions. Saturation of piezoelectric actuators has adverse effect on floor acceleration.
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