Adaptive robust fault-tolerant control for a two-slider synchronization system with a flexible beam.

In this paper a novel adaptive robust fault-tolerant sync control method is proposed for a two-slider system where two sliders are constrained by a flexible beam. At first the dynamic models of sync motion system subject to external disturbances and actuator faults are derived. In order to avoid the shortcomings of truncated model, the model of flexible beam is described by using infinite dimensional equation. Then based on the models a novel disturbance observer and an adaptive fault-tolerant control law are designed. The disturbance observer is used to estimate and cancel external disturbances. The adaptive fault-tolerant control is used to deal with the partial loss of effectiveness faults. Lyapunov functional approach is used to prove that the closed-loop system with the proposed control laws is uniformly bounded stable. Finally, some simulation results display that the proposed control laws can obtain excellent sync performance in the present of external disturbances and actuator partial loss of effectiveness faults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]