Sliding mode control for over-actuated systems with adaptive control allocation and its applications to flight control

One solution to the problem of distributing the control action among redundant actuators with uncertain dynamics is employing an adaptive control allocator. This paper proposes a sliding mode controller which exploits a time-varying sliding surface to complement an adaptive control allocator in the presence of actuator saturation. The proposed approach does not require error augmentation for tracking desired references, which diminishes the computational burden. Aerodata Model in Research Environment (ADMIRE), which is an over-actuated aircraft model, is adopted to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed controller in simulation studies.