Design and simulation of fault diagnosis based on NUIO/LMI for satellite attitude control systems

This paper presents a scheme of fault diagnosis for flexible satellites during orbit maneuver. The main contribution of the paper is related to the design of the nonlinear input observer which can avoid false alarm arising from the disturbance from orbit control force. The effects of orbit control force on the fault diagnosis system for satellite attitude control systems, including the disturbing torque caused by the misalignments and the model uncertainty caused by the fuel consumed, are discussed, where standard Lu- enberger observer cannot work well. Then the nonlinear unknown input observer is proposed to decouple faults from disturbance, Besides, a linear matrix inequality approach is adopted to reduce the effect of nonlinear part and model uncertainties on the observer. The numerical and semi-physical simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed observer for the fault diagnosis system of the satellite during orbit maneuver.

Effective model based fault detection scheme for rudder servo system

The inherent nonlinearities of the rudder servo system(RSS) and the unknown external disturbances bring great challenges to the practical application of fault detection technology. Modeling of whole rudder system is a challenging and difficult task. Quite often, models are too inaccurate, especially in transient stages. In model based fault detection, these inaccuracies might cause wrong actions. An effective approach, which combines nonlinear unknown input observer(NUIO) with an adaptive threshold, is proposed. NUIO can estimate the states of RSS asymptotically without any knowledge of external disturbance. An adaptive threshold is used for decision making which helps to reduce the influence of model uncertainty. Actuator and sensor faults that occur in RSS are considered both by simulation and experimental tests. The observer performance, robustness and fault detection capability are verified. Simulation and experimental results show that the proposed fault detection scheme is efficient and can be used for on-line fault detection.

Fault diagnosis of an intelligent hydraulic pump based on a nonlinear unknown input observer

Hydraulic piston pumps are commonly used in aircraft. In order to improve the viability of aircraft and energy efficiency, intelligent variable pressure pump systems have been used in aircraft hydraulic systems more and more widely. Efficient fault diagnosis plays an important role in improving the reliability and performance of hydraulic systems. In this paper, a fault diagnosis method of an intelligent hydraulic pump system（IHPS） based on a nonlinear unknown input observer（NUIO） is proposed. Different from factors of a full-order Luenberger-type unknown input observer, nonlinear factors of the IHPS are considered in the NUIO. Firstly, a new type of intelligent pump is presented, the mathematical model of which is established to describe the IHPS. Taking into account the real-time requirements of the IHPS and the special structure of the pump, the mechanism of the intelligent pump and failure modes are analyzed and two typical failure modes are obtained. Furthermore, a NUIO of the IHPS is performed based on the output pressure and swashplate angle signals. With the residual error signals produced by the NUIO, online intelligent pump failure occurring in real-time can be detected. Lastly, through analysis and simulation, it is confirmed that this diagnostic method could accurately diagnose and isolate those typical failure modes of the nonlinear IHPS. The method proposed in this paper is of great significance in improving the reliability of the IHPS.

Indirect adaptive fuzzy-regulated optimal control for unknown continuous-time nonlinear systems

We present a novel indirect adaptive fuzzy-regulated optimal control scheme for continuous-time nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics,mismatches,and disturbances.Initially,the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman(HJB)equation associated with its performance function is derived for the original nonlinear systems.Unlike existing adaptive dynamic programming(ADP)approaches,this scheme uses a special non-quadratic variable performance function as the reinforcement medium in the actor-critic architecture.An adaptive fuzzy-regulated critic structure is correspondingly constructed to configure the weighting matrix of the performance function for the purpose of approximating and balancing the HJB equation.A concurrent self-organizing learning technique is designed to adaptively update the critic weights.Based on this particular critic,an adaptive optimal feedback controller is developed as the actor with a new form of augmented Riccati equation to optimize the fuzzy-regulated variable performance function in real time.The result is an online indirect adaptive optimal control mechanism implemented as an actor-critic structure,which involves continuous-time adaptation of both the optimal cost and the optimal control policy.The convergence and closed-loop stability of the proposed system are proved and guaranteed.Simulation examples and comparisons show the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method.

NN-based Output Tracking for More General Stochastic Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Control Coefficients

This paper considers the output tracking problem for more general classes of stochastic nonlinear systems with unknown control coefficients and driven by noise of unknown covariance. By utilizing the radial basis function neural network approximation method and backstepping technique, we successfully construct a controller to guarantee the solution process to be bounded in probability.The tracking error signal is 4th-moment semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded（SGUUB） and can be regulated into a small neighborhood of the origin in probability. A simulation example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control scheme.

Semiparametric theory based MIMO model and performance analysis

In this article, a new approach for modeling multiinput multi-output （MIMO） systems with unknown nonlinear interference is introduced. The semiparametric theory based MIMO model is established, and Kernel estimation is applied to combat the nonlinear interference. Furthermore, we derive MIMO capacity for these systems and explore the asymptotic properties of the new channel matrix via theoretical analysis. The simulation results show that the semiparametric theory based modeling and kernel estimation are valid to combat this kind of interference.