Abstract Aiming at the problem that the inlet is prone to unstart during the flight of air-breathing hypersonic vehicles (AHV), an adaptive backstepping control method with state constraints is proposed to prevent the occurrence of inlet unstart. Firstly, a parametric model of AHV with velocity, flight path angle, angle of attack and angle of attack rate as state variables is derived. Then, adaptive dynamic inverse control is adopted for the velocity subsystem, and adaptive backstepping control with state C is adopted for the flight path angle subsystem. The tracking errors of angle of attack and angle of attack rate are constrained by asymmetric barrier Lyapunov function (ABLF) and symmetric barrier Lyapunov function (SBLF) respectively, and smooth saturation function is constructed to restrict the virtual control commands. Adaptive laws are used to handle parameter uncertainty. Finally, it is proved by Lyapunov theory that the states of the closed-loop system can be uniformly and ultimately bounded, and the constraints on angle of attack and angle of attack rate can be satisfied. The simulation results show that compared with the adaptive backstepping control method, the proposed method can guarantee that the angle of attack and angle of attack rate are always within the operating limits of scramjet engine, and effectively avoid the occurrence of inlet unstart.
Highlights A parameterized model is derived for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles. An adaptive backstepping control method with state constraints on angle of attack and angle of attack rate is proposed. An smooth saturation function is used to limit the virtual commands so that the differentials of the virtual commands are continuous. Comparative simulations are provided.
Preventing inlet unstart in air-breathing hypersonic vehicles using adaptive backstepping control with state constraints
Acta Astronautica ; 211 ; 498-509
2023-06-25
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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