Prescribed performance-based adaptive sliding mode control for the autopilot design of missile with lateral jets

A novel prescribed performance-based adaptive sliding mode control is investigated for the autopilot design of missile with lateral reaction jets. An integral sliding mode surface is designed for a class of nonlinear systems such that the prescribed output-tracking behavior is incorporated into the sliding mode dynamics. An adaptive algorithm is developed using the concept of equivalent control to attenuate the chattering effect. Then, the method is applied to the autopilot design where the sliding mode control law is allocated to two sets of actuators according to their respective characteristics. The proposed integral sliding surface guarantees that the missile output can track the given reference command with the prescribed performance indices from the very beginning of the time. Moreover, the adaptation laws allow the reduction of the jets consumption. Several simulations conducted at different set-points show the efficacy of the proposed methods.