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Adaptive Attitude Stabilization of Flexible Spacecraft with Fast Fixed-Time Convergence

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This paper proposes an adaptive attitude stabilization approach for flexible spacecraft subject to uncertainties, external disturbances, actuator saturation and unknown dynamics. The approach is synthesized based on a modified nonsingular fast terminal sliding surface (NFFTSS) and ensures fast and finite-time convergence independently of the initial states. It employs time-varying gains into the sliding manifolds and the control scheme to yield improved convergence speed over fixed-time based approaches. The upper bounds of the uncertainties are estimated using an adaptive mechanism in which no prior knowledge of the lumped uncertainties is required. To cope with actuator limitations, a smooth non-affine function of the control input is used in order to approximate the saturation constraint. System stability was proven using the Lyapunov theory. The approach was validated using numerical simulations and comparison analysis with existing attitude approaches. The obtained results confirmed the controller’s superior performance in terms of convergence rate, high attitude pointing accuracy and stability. Additionally, the proposed approach is inherently continuous and exhibits chattering free dynamics.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Majid Esmaeilzadeh & Mehdi Golestani

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

    Afef Fekih

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Esmaeilzadeh, S.M., Golestani, M. & Fekih, A. Adaptive Attitude Stabilization of Flexible Spacecraft with Fast Fixed-Time Convergence. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Mech Eng 46, 195–208 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-020-00415-z

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