Adaptive Fuzzy Safety Control of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles Pursuing Adaptable Prescribed Behaviors: A Sensing and Adjustment Mechanism

Abstract

The perturbations in model parameters of hypersonic flight vehicles (HFVs) are highly likely to induce fluctuations in control error, which can potentially render the existing prescribed performance control (PPC) singular and pose a threat to flight safety. Therefore, our objective is to propose an adaptive fuzzy safety control protocol for HFVs that aims to achieve adaptable prescribed behaviors in the presence of parameter perturbations. To accomplish this, we initially develop a novel error-sensing system for timely detection and forecasting of error fluctuations. Building upon this foundation, we further define an adjustment mechanism that appropriately adjusts the upper envelope upward and the lower envelope downward at regular intervals. In contrast to existing fixed PPC approaches, the proposed sensing and adjustment mechanism enables both velocity and altitude tracking errors to satisfy a new type of adaptable prescribed qualities, thereby ensuring safe flight control of HFVs. In addition, we explore low-computational-burden fuzzy approximation techniques that minimize the required online adaptive parameters while guaranteeing excellent real-time control performance. Finally, comparative simulations are conducted to validate the proposed method.