Nonlinear control laws based on linear ones using odd functions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a method for designing nonlinear control laws from linear ones using odd functions, enabling stability analysis via LMIs and reducing steady-state errors.

Contribution

It proposes a novel approach to nonlinear control design by representing odd functions as linear with nonlinear slopes, facilitating stability analysis with LMIs.

Findings

Stability regions are identified using LMIs.

Nonlinear control laws reduce steady-state error.

Method improves control performance over linear laws.

Abstract

The paper investigates nonlinear control laws obtained from linear one by two types of substitutions using odd functions. The first substitution consists in passing each component of the state vector through a nonlinear function, the second substitution is in passing the entire linear control law through a nonlinear function. To study such systems, it is proposed to represent nonlinear functions as linear ones with a nonlinear slope. Such a representation will make it possible to use the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) to study the stability of the closed-loop systems. The stability regions and the regions for the initial conditions are found, which are obtained as a result of a multistep procedure for finding solutions of LMIs. It is shown that the use of the proposed nonlinear control laws makes it possible to reduce the steady-state error in comparison with the linear ones.