An experimental study of the dual-loop control of electro-hydraulic load simulator (EHLS)

This paper investigates motion coupling disturbance（the so called surplus torque）in the hardware-in-the-loop（HIL）experiments.The＇＇velocity synchronization scheme＇＇was proposed by Jiao for an electro-hydraulic load simulator（EHLS）in 2004.In some situations,however,the scheme is limited in the implementation for certain reasons,as is the case when the actuator＇s valve signal is not available or it is seriously polluted by noise.To solve these problems,a＇＇dual-loop scheme＇＇is developed for EHLS.The dual-loop scheme is a combination of a torque loop and a position synchronization loop.The role of the position synchronization loop is to decouple the motion disturbance caused by the actuator system.To verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme,extensive simulations are performed using AMESim.Then,the performance of the developed method is validated by experiments.

Adaptive Nonlinear Optimal Compensation Control for Electro-hydraulic Load Simulator

Directing to the strong position coupling problem of electro-hydraulic load simulator (EHLS), this article presents an adaptive nonlinear optimal compensation control strategy based on two estimated nonlinear parameters, viz. the flow gain coefficient of servo valve and total factors of flow-pressure coefficient. Taking trace error of torque control system to zero as control object, this article designs the adaptive nonlinear optimal compensation control strategy, which regards torque control output of closed-loop controller converging to zero as the control target, to optimize torque tracking performance. Electro-hydraulic load simulator is a typical case of the torque system which is strongly coupled with a hydraulic positioning system. This article firstly builds and analyzes the mathematical models of hydraulic torque and positioning system, then designs an adaptive nonlinear optimal compensation controller, proves the validity of parameters estimation, and shows the comparison data among three control structures with various typical operating conditions, including proportion-integral-derivative (PID) controller only, the velocity synchronizing controller plus P1D controller and the proposed adaptive nonlinear optimal compensation controller plus PID controller. Experimental results show that systems' nonlinear parameters are estimated exactly using the proposed method, and the trace accuracy of the torque system is greatly enhanced by adaptive nonlinear optimal compensation control, and the torque servo system capability against sudden disturbance can be greatly improved.

Study on Friction Torque Loading with an Electro-hydraulic Load Simulator

This article, in order to precisely impose friction on aircraft and weapon actuation systems, presents a new friction loading method characteristic of ＂torque-zero velocity＂ switching control with an electro-hydraulic load simulator. As the general Stribeck friction model has little related to static friction, it proposes a ＂torque-zero velocity＂ switcher, in which a zero-velocity controller is developed to load the static friction and a torque controller the kinetic friction. With the help of mathematical modeling, this article designs a ＂torque-zero velocity＂ switching controller and, correspondingly, provides a ＂dual-threshold judgment＂ algorithm. Simulation results indicate that the proposed method can be successfully used to carry out the static and kinetic friction simulation with an electro-hydraulic load simulator.

A practical nonlinear robust control approach of electro-hydraulic load simulator

This paper studies a nonlinear robust control algorithm of the electro-hydraulic load simulator （EHLS）. The tracking performance of the EHLS is mainly limited by the actuator＇s motion disturbance, flow nonlinearity, and friction, etc. The developed controller is developed based on the nonlinear motion loading model. The problems of the actuator＇s disturbance and flow nonlinearity are considered. To address the friction problem, the friction model of the loading motor is identified experimentally. The friction disturbance is compensated using the obtained friction model. Therefore, this paper considers the main three factors comprehensively. The developed algorithm is easy to apply since the controller can be obtained just with one step back-stepping design. The stability of the developed algorithm is proven via Lyapunov analysis. Both co-simulation and experiments are performed to verify the effectiveness of this method.

Robust Control for Static Loading of Electro-hydraulic Load Simulator with Friction Compensation

Load simulator is a key test equipment for aircraft actuation systems in hardware-in-the-loop-simulation. Static loading is an essential function of the load simulator and widely used in the static/dynamic stiffness test of aircraft actuation systems. The tracking performance of the static loading is studied in this paper. Firstly, the nonlinear mathematical models of the hydraulic load simulator are derived, and the feedback linearization method is employed to construct a feed-forward controller to improve the force tracking performance. Considering the effect of the friction, a LuGre model based friction compensation is synthesized, in which the unmeasurable state is estimated by a dual state observer via a controlled learning mechanism to guarantee that the estimation is bounded. The modeling errors are attenuated by a well-designed robust controller with a control accuracy measured by a design parameter. Employing the dual state observer is to capture the different effects of the unmeasured state and hence can improve the friction compensation accuracy. The tracking performance is summarized by a derived theorem. Experimental results are also obtained to verify the high performance nature of the proposed control strategy.

电液负载模拟器同步结构解耦研究

针对电液负载模拟器中的多余力矩问题,以阀控摆动马达电液负载模拟器为对象,在分析研究多余力矩产生机理及影响因素的基础上,提出一种同步结构解耦新方法,具体实现是将加载执行元件设计成复式双层结构,外层同步马达用于跟踪承载对象进行位置同步控制,内层马达用于加载,通过复式结构加载执行元件实现变被动加载为主动加载,从根本上解决了多余力矩问题。给出了复式摆动马达的参数匹配原则、密封及结构设计方案,仿真分析了内外层马达油道配流方式的合理性。最后,通过小梯度加载下电液负载模拟器性能的仿真分析验证了同步结构解耦新方法的正确性及有效性。

Deign of a Synchro-compensation Control System for Elimination of Disturbance

To counter the strong disturbance caused by the rotation of steering axle, a synchro-compensation methodis proposed to absorb the generated disturbance now by driving the loading motor stator to make it synchronously rotatewith its axle. Through analyzing and discussing different kinds of synchro-compensation schemes, the determinedpassive position and speed synchro-compensation systems are designed and simulated by computer. The results prove thatthisa method is effective to eliminate the strong disturbance of the steering axle.

基于积分鲁棒的电液负载模拟器渐近跟踪控制

电液负载模拟器(EHLS)是典型的电液力矩伺服系统,存在大量非线性特性和模型不确定性(特别是非线性摩擦),随着对电液力矩伺服系统跟踪性能的要求越来越高,传统线性控制策略很难满足加载系统的高性能需求,迫切需要设计先进的非线性控制策略。针对以上问题,建立了包含连续可微摩擦模型的系统非线性数学模型,基于Lyapunov理论设计了一种误差符号积分鲁棒控制方法。该方法能够克服模型不确定性对系统的影响,在舵机运动干扰作用下实现了系统的渐近稳定性能。实验对比结果验证了该控制方法的优良性能。