Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Committee Chair
Laurie L. Joiner
Committee Member
Yuri Shtessel
Committee Member
Farbod Fahimi
Committee Member
Craig Newborn
Committee Member
Shangbing Ai
Subject(s)
Microspacecraft, Antenna arrays, Sliding mode control
Abstract
The rising popularity of small satellites over the past few decades has created a new boom in space, and, in particular, in low-Earth orbit. Exciting novel applications are being proposed that enable these small satellites to offer many advantages over their monolithic counterparts which can allow for augmentation, or possibly even replacement of more expensive and large alternatives. One particular enabling method is flying small satellites in formation for antenna array applications, which, through coupled dynamical modeling, can be facilitated through robust, nonlinear techniques of control. Thus, control of a perturbed satellite formation antenna array, with dual quaternion dynamics, is considered. The perturbations and their derivatives are assumed bounded with unknown bounds. The objective of this dissertation is to explore continuous control algorithms which feature adaptive gain non-overestimation. In this work, four novel dual quaternion-based adaptive continuous sliding mode control algorithms to control a perturbed satellite antenna array are assessed. These methods of adaptive sliding mode control are capable of handling coupled perturbed systems, such as dual quaternion models. The efficacy of the proposed algorithms is verified via simulations and comparison to the available more traditional PD Plus controller. Additionally, controller optimization and the tuning of the controllers is explored via Monte Carlo analyses.
Recommended Citation
Nixon, Mason Earl, "Adaptive sliding mode control of small satellites in formation for distributed beamforming applications" (2022). Dissertations. 237.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-dissertations/237