Systematic control of an electropneumatic system: Integrator backstepping and sliding mode control

This paper presents a synthesis of a nonlinear controller to an electropneumatic system. Nonlinear backstepping control and nonlinear sliding mode control laws are applied to the system under consideration. First, the nonlinear model of the electropneumatic system is presented. It is transformed to be a nonlinear affine model and a coordinate transformation is then made possible by the implementation of the nonlinear controller. Two kinds of nonlinear control laws are developed to track the desired position and desired pressure. Experimental results are also presented and discussed.