Generalized Super-Twisting Backstepping Sliding Mode Control for Electro-Hydraulic Servo Systems Considering the Coexistence of Matched and Mismatched Uncertainties

Abstract

Aiming at the problem of the coexistence of matching and mismatching uncertainties in electro-hydraulic servo systems, disturbance observers and a backstepping sliding mode controller based on the generalized super-twisting algorithm (GSTA) are proposed in this paper. First, in order to compensate for the uncertainty in the controller, two generalized super-twisting disturbance observers (GSTDOs) are constructed to effectively reduce the discontinuous gain of the controller. Then, the GSTA is introduced to optimize the backstepping sliding mode controller to obtain a better control effect. Finally, the proposed control strategy is compared and simulated on the electro-hydraulic servo system. The experimental results verify that the proposed control strategy has better tracking performance. The effect of asymptotic tracking in the presence of parameter uncertainties and disturbances is achieved, while transient tracking performance and final tracking accuracy are guaranteed in the presence of time-varying uncertain nonlinearities.

Keywords

• electro-hydraulic servo systems
• disturbance observer
• generalized super-twisting algorithm
• backstepping sliding mode controller