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Allocation Integrated Sliding Mode Control for Heading Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Varying Speeds
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This paper addresses the challenge of robust heading control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) operating under variable speed conditions, subject to system nonlinearities, parametric uncertainties, and actuator constraints. We propose a hierarchical control architecture that integrates Sliding Mode Control (SMC) with an optimization-based Control Allocation (CA) scheme. The outer-loop SMC guarantees robustness by computing the required total yaw moment to reject disturbances and track the reference heading. The inner-loop CA then optimally distributes this virtual control effort to individual actuators, explicitly accounting for saturation limits and speed-dependent actuator effectiveness. The performance of the proposed SMC-CA strategy is validated through comprehensive numerical simulations. Results indicate that the system maintains high tracking accuracy and stability across a wide speed range, demonstrating significantly faster transient response and superior disturbance rejection compared to a conventional PID controller in various scenarios, including step changes and abrupt speed variations.
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AUV, control allocation, heading control, nonlinear control, sliding mode control
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