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UDE-based adaptive dynamic surface control for attitude-constrained reusable launch vehicle

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This paper presents an adaptive dynamic surface control scheme for vertical takeoff and landing reusable launch vehicles (VTLVs) with unknown disturbances, model uncertainties, and an attitude constraint to achieve exact attitude tracking control in the aerodynamic descent phase. First, the six-degree-of-freedom dynamic model of the VTLV is established. Next, the unknown disturbances and model uncertainties in the VTLV model are considered as the total disturbances, which are estimated by employing an uncertainty and disturbance estimator to compensate the controller, thereby enhancing the control accuracy of the system. Moreover, a symmetric time-varying barrier Lyapunov function is utilized to cope with the attitude-constrained problem. Finally, the high tracking performance of the proposed adaptive dynamic surface controller is verified by numerical simulation results.

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  3. Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Institute, Beijing, 100070, China

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Overarching research goals and aims were formulated by WL and SS. The modeling analysis and the design of the control methodology were performed by RM and WL. The theory analysis and simulation verification were completed by RM and SS. The first draft of the manuscript was written by RM and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. SS is responsible for ensuring that the descriptions are accurate and agreed by all authors.

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Mo, R., Li, W. & Su, S. UDE-based adaptive dynamic surface control for attitude-constrained reusable launch vehicle. Nonlinear Dyn 112, 5365–5378 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-023-09233-9

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