Hybrid Schemes for Adaptive Control Strategies

The purpose of this chapter is to redesign the standard adaptive control schemes by using hybrid structure composed by Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) or Adaptive Pole Placement Control (APPC) strategies, associated to Variable Structure (VS) schemes for achieving non-standard robust adaptive control strategies. The both control strategies is now on named VS-MRAC and VS-APPC. We start with the theoretical base of standard control strategies APPC and MRAC, discussing their structures, as how their parameters are identified by adaptive observers and their robustness properties for guaranteeing their stability. After that, we introduce the sliding mode control (variable structure) in each control scheme for simplifying their design procedure. These design procedure are based on stability analysis of each hybrid robust control scheme. With the definition of both hybrid control strategies, it is analyzed their behavior when controlling system plants with unmodeled disturbances and parameter variation. It is established how the adaptive laws compensates these unmodeled dynamics. Furthermore, by using simple systems examples it is realized a comparison study between the hybrid structures VS-APPC and VSMRAC and the standard schemes APPC and MRAC. As the hybrid structures use switching laws due to the sliding mode scheme, the effect of chattering is analyzed on the implementation and consequently effects on the digital control hardware where sampling times are limiting factor. For reducing these drawbacks it is also discussed possibilities which kind of modifications can employ. Finally, some practical considerations are discussed on an implementation on motor drive systems.

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