Controlling mechanical systems with backlash-a survey

Robust speed control of a low damped electromechanical system with backlash is studied, controlled load angular speed being not measured. The proposed control strategy combines a Luenberger observer (load angular speed and load torque disturbance estimations) and a robust CRONE controller. The observer provides estimation of the load angular speed and of the disturbance torque applied on the load. Through the computation of only three independent parameters (as many as a PID controller), the CRONE controller permits to ensure the robust speed control of the load in spite of plant parametric variations and speed observation errors. The proposed control strategy is applied to a four mass experimental test bench.

Robust Speed Control of a Low Damped Electromechanical System Based on CRONE Control: Application to a Four Mass Experimental Test Bench

In this report, some 40 papers related to backlash control have been studied, and their results have been arranged into a systematic structure, where the main categories are linear, passive and act ...

A literature survey on control of automotive powertrains with backlash

Backlash phenomena have haunted control engineers for ages. Concerning the ground vehicle path-tracking control system design, the steering system's backlash attribute is often overlooked. If not properly compensated, the backlash nonlinearity tends to provoke unfavorable consequences including erroneous positioning of the road-wheel steering angle, response chattering, limit-cycle-like oscillations, and delays. This paper pioneers to employ an adaptive inverse controller to offset the dynamics of the steering system's backlash. Overall, the path-following objective is accomplished via a novel trio-loop control architecture, which decomposes the tracking objectives into kinematic, vehicular lateral dynamics, and steering backlash compensation sub-levels. All adaptive control laws are robustified by means of sigma modification. Hardware-in-the-loop experimental results are presented to demonstrate the superiorities of the proposed solution.

Robust Adaptive Path-Tracking Control of Autonomous Ground Vehicles With Considerations of Steering System Backlash

In automotive powertrains, backlash causes problems with vehicle driveability, specifically at so called tip-in and tip-out maneuvers. These maneuvers may trigger phenomena known in the automotive industry as shunt and shuffle, which are partially caused by the backlash. These phenomena are considered difficult to cope with, and until recently, only relatively simple controllers have been used to reduce the discomfort. Also, the tuning of these controllers is made quite subjectively. A number of approaches to the control of systems with backlash are reported in the literature. Most of these approaches assume another system structure around the backlash than what is the case in automotive powertrains. Very few approaches are therefore directly applicable to the control of automotive powertrains. The first part of this thesis gives an overview of available control strategies for backlash control. The strategies can be divided into active and passive strategies, depending on the way the controller handles the backlash. An active controller compensates the backlash nonlinearity by a more active control signal, while the passive controller becomes more cautious when the backlash gap is entered. Some of the strategies, e.g. switched linear controllers and model predictive controllers, are evaluated in the powertrain application by means of simulation. The results show that active nonlinear controllers have a potential for improved backlash control. However, the robustness of these controllers needs further investigation. Open-loop optimal control is used in this thesis as a way to find theoretical limits on backlash compensation performance. High-performance controllers for backlash compensation require high-quality measurements of the current state of the powertrain. Information about the size of the backlash is also needed. These problems are addressed in the second part of this thesis. Two nonlinear estimators based on Kalman filtering theory have been developed, one for state estimation and one for the estimation of backlash size. Simulation and experimental results show that the resulting estimates are of high quality.

Control and Estimation of Automotive Powertrains with Backlash

The majority of feedback systems driven by an electric motor can be represented by a two-mass system connected via a flexible drive element. Owing to the presence of backlash, the closed-loop performance such as precision speed, position and force control that can be achieved using a linear time invariant controller is limited, and it is expected that a nonlinear control would be superior. In this paper a nonlinear control structure is proposed and a systematic design technique presented. The advantages of the proposed design technique are: (i) It is robust to plant and backlash uncertainty; (ii) it is quantitative to specifications on the maximum limit cycle amplitude; and (iii) the closed loop is superior to a linear controller design both in lower bandwidth and in lower limit cycle amplitude. A design example is included.

Reduction of Limit Cycle Amplitude in the Presence of Backlash

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