Modern Sliding Mode Control Theory – New Perspectives and Applications

This book is a collection of invited chapters covering several areas of modern sliding mode control theory. The authors identify key contributions defining the theoretical and applicative state of the art of the sliding mode control theory and the most promising trends of the ongoing research activities. The contributions is divided in four main parts: Part I: Basic Theory. Part II: Design Methods. Part III: Observers and Fault Detection. Part IV: Applications. Table of Contents: Part I Basic Theory.- Regularization of Second Order Sliding Mode Control Systems.- A comprehensive Analysis of Chattering in Second Order Sliding Mode Control Systems.- Analysis of Closed-Loop Performance and Frequency-Domain Design of Compensating Filters for Sliding Mode Control Systems.- Discontinuous Homogeneous Control.- Second-order Sliding Sector for Variable Structure Control.- On Euler’s Discretization of Sliding Mode Control Systems with Relative Degree Restriction.- Part II Design Methods.- Circumventing the relative degree condition in sliding mode design.- HOSM driven output tracking in the nonminimum-phase causal nonlinear systems.- High Order Sliding Mode Neurocontrol for Uncertain Nonlinear SISO Systems: Theory and Applications.- A Generalized PI Sliding Mode and PWM Control of Switched Fractional Systems.- Stabilization of nonholonomic uncertain systems via adaptive second order sliding mode control.- Output Tracking with Discrete-Time Integral Sliding Mode Control.- Flatness, Backstepping and Sliding Mode Controllers for Nonlinear Systems.- Part III Observers and Fault Detection.- Observation and identification via high-order sliding modes.- High Order Sliding Mode Observers and Differentiators–Application to Fault Diagnosis Problem.- Vehicle Parameter and States Estimation via Sliding Mode Observers.- An alternative to the measurement of five-links biped robot absolute orientation: estimation based on high order sliding mode.- Part IV Applications.- Robust Orbital Stabilization of Pendubot: Algorithm Synthesis, Experimental Verification, and Application to Swing up and Balancing Control.- Higher Order SM Block-Control of Nonlinear Systems with Unmodeled Actuators. Application to electric power systems and electrohydraulic servo-drives.- Blood Glucose Regulation Via Double Loop Higher Order Sliding Mode Control and Multiple Sampling Rate.- Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs.