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Robust adaptive sliding mode attitude maneuvering and vibration damping of three-axis-stabilized flexible spacecraft with actuator saturation limits

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This paper presents a dual-stage control system design method for flexible spacecraft attitude maneuvering control by use of on-off thrusters and active vibration suppression by embedded smart material as actuator. As a stepping stone, an adaptive sliding mode controller with the assumption of knowing the upper bounds of the lumped perturbation is designed that ensures exponential convergence or uniform ultimate boundedness (UUB) of the attitude control system in the presence of bounded parameter variation/disturbances and control input saturation as well. Then this adaptive controller is redesigned such that the need for knowing the upper bound in advance is eliminated. Lyapunov analysis shows that this modified adaptive controller can also guarantee the exponential convergence or UUB of the system. For actively suppressing the induced vibration, linear quadratic regulator (LQR) based positive position feedback control method is presented. Numerical simulations are performed to show that rotational maneuver and vibration suppression are accomplished in spite of the presence of disturbance torque/parameter uncertainty and saturation input.

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Hu, Q. Robust adaptive sliding mode attitude maneuvering and vibration damping of three-axis-stabilized flexible spacecraft with actuator saturation limits. Nonlinear Dyn 55, 301–321 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-008-9363-1

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