Adaptive Controller Design for Dynamic Maneuvers of High Speed Underwater Vehicles

The control synthesis of the high-speed underwater vehicle faces many technical challenges due to its inherent structure and surrounding operational environment.In this paper,the dynamical behavior is firstly described through a bifurcation analysis to give some insights for robust control synthesis.Then a novel adaptive fractional-order sliding mode controller(AFOSMC)is realized to effectively manipulate the supercavitating vehicle against payload changes,nonlinear planing force,and external disturbances.The fractional order(FO)calculus can offer more flexibility and more freedom for tuning active control synthesis than the integer-order counterpart.In addition,the adaptation law has been presented to directly handle the payload change effects.The stability of the controlled vehicle system is proven via Lyapunov stability theory.Next,the dynamic performance of the proposed controller is verified through extensive simulation results,which demonstrate the control accuracy with faster responses compared with existing integer-order controllers.Finally,the proposed fractional order controllers can provide higher performance than their integer order counterparts with control algorithms.

Motion stability and control of supercavitating vehicle with variable cavitation number

Cavitation number and speed are capable of variation during the motion of supercavitating vehicle underwater,for example,under the condition of accelerated motion stage and external disturbance.The dynamic model and control challenge associated with the longitudinal motion of supercavitating vehicle with variable cavitation number and speed have been explored.Based on the principle of cavity expansion independence the properties of cavity and the influence on planning force of body were researched.Calculation formula of efficiency of the fin was presented.Nonlinear dynamics model of variable cavitation number and speed supercavitating vehicle was established.Stabilities of the open-loop systems of different situations were analyzed.The simulations results of open-loop systems show that it is necessary to design a control method to control a supercavitating vehicle.A gain schedule controller with guaranteed H∞ performance was designed to stabilize the dive-plane dynamics of supercavitating vehicle under changing conditions.

Dynamics modeling and motion control for high-speed underwater vehicles using H-infinity synthesis with anti-windup compensator

The control synthesis of a high-speed supercavitating vehicle(HSSV)faces many difficulties such as the stability,control,and maneuvering with dynamical uncertainties due to parameter perturbations,exter-nal disturbances,unmodeled dynamics,measurement noises,and actuator constraints.Inspired by the HSSV dynamical analysis,this paper proposes the H∞(i.e."H-infinity")robust control synthesis to gen-erate a robust low-order controller,which is intended for real implementations to ensure active control actions.Particularly,the presented control scheme includes a feedback component and an anti-windup compensator.The anti-windup synthesis is to provide system stability under actuator saturations.Ex-tensive simulations show that the designed controller provides good performances with high robustness for vertical plane manoeuver while effectively eliminating planning forces,exogenous disturbances and noises as well as overcoming cavitator saturations.