Shen, Ganghui; Xia, Yuanqing; Zhang, Jinhui; Cui, Bing Finite-time trajectory tracking control for entry guidance. (English) Zbl 1405.93064 Int. J. Robust Nonlinear Control 28, No. 18, 5895-5914 (2018). Summary: In this paper, the trajectory tracking guidance problem is investigated for entry vehicle in the presence of uncertainty. First, a robust nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control law is designed to guarantee the finite-time tracking performance under uncertainty. Then, to eliminate the need of prior information about uncertainty and mitigate the chattering, a novel adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control is proposed by employing adaptive parameter tuning law. Furthermore, with the help of designed adaptation mechanism, the proposed adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control can achieve finite-time convergence of both tracking errors and parameter estimation errors simultaneously. Finally, numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and high-precision tracking performance of the proposed controllers. MSC: 93B12 Variable structure systems 93C55 Discrete-time control/observation systems 93B35 Sensitivity (robustness) 93C40 Adaptive control/observation systems 93C41 Control/observation systems with incomplete information 70P05 Variable mass, rockets Keywords:adaptive nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (ANFTSMC); entry guidance; finite-time control; robust nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (RNFTSMC); trajectory tracking PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{G. Shen} et al., Int. J. Robust Nonlinear Control 28, No. 18, 5895--5914 (2018; Zbl 1405.93064) Full Text: DOI