Immersion and invariance adaptive control with σ-modification for uncertain nonlinear systems

A novel adaptive control with σ-modification for uncertain nonlinear systems is proposed in the paper. The application of conventional adaptive control is severely limited by the problems of construction of Lyapunov function and parameter drift because of non-parametric uncertainties. The proposed adaptive control that is on the basis of the immersion and invariance theory and σ-modification can be used to deal with these problems to some extent. It turns out to be a structured design method without requiring a Lyapunov function in the design level and robust to non-parametric uncertainties. Moreover, constrained command filter backstepping is adopted to meet the amplitude and rate constraints on the states and actuators. The uniformly ultimately bounded stability of the closed-loop system has been analyzed by Lyapunov theory with parametric and non-parametric uncertainties of the controlled model. To demonstrate the design flexibility, the method is applied to the position tracking control system design of a mass-damper-spring system and the flight control system design of a scramjet-powered air-breathing hypersonic vehicle. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive control method is illustrated by numerical simulations.