Development of a novel fractional order sliding mode controller for a gun control system

Abstract

To solve the nonlinearity phenomenon of a Gun Control System (GCS), a novel Fractional order Sliding Mode Control (FoSMC) strategy is proposed in this study. By inducing the fractional order calculus, a Fractional Order PID (FOPID) type sliding surface is especially designed and consequently an equivalent control discipline with fractional order dynamics is induced. The saturation function is employed as the switch function. By numerical simulation, the dynamic characteristics of the FoSMC based control system are analyzed and compared with Conventional Sliding Mode Control (CSMC) system. The results demonstrate that the FoSMC system could reach up to the equilibrium state more smoothly, which shall significantly suppress the inherent chatter effects. Besides, the FoSMC based gun control system is of high response rate, better positioning accuracy and high robustness, which is suitable for fast, smooth and accurate adjustments of the gun. © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2013.