This paper studies robust control schemes for two spacecraft in formation subjected to external disturbances in the space environment. Two sliding mode control schemes are designed to generate control with a finite time convergence property. The super twisting and adaptive super twisting control algorithms are developed for the two-spacecraft formation flying system. The second method of Lyapun...

In this paper, a new smooth second order sliding mode control is proposed. This algorithm is a modified form of Super Twisting algorithm. The Super Twisting guarantees the asymptotic stability, but the finite time stability of proposed method is proved with introducing a new particular Lyapunov function. The Proposed algorithm which is able to control nonlinear systems with matched structured u...

A second order sliding mode control algorithm is presented for robust control of the liquid level in a pair of interconnected tanks. The controller is implemented on a laboratory rig. The implementation results show robustness to parameter variations such as tank area, the admittance coefficients of various pipes, leakage in the tanks and uncertainty in the pump dynamics. The potential of secon...

In this paper, a suitable combination of the differential flatness property and the second-order sliding mode controller design technique is proposed for the specification of a robust dynamic feedback multivariable controller accomplishing prescribed trajectory tracking tasks for the earth coordinate position variables of a hovercraft vessel model.