Adaptive Dynamic Surface Based Nonsingular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control for

This paper focuses on an adaptive dynamic surface based nonsingular fast terminal slid-ing mode control (ADS-NFTSMC) for a class of nth-order uncertain nonlinear systems in semistrict feedback form. A simple and effective controller has been obtained by intro-ducing dynamic surface control (DSC) technique on the basis of second-order filters that the “explosion of terms ” problem caused by backstepping method can be avoided. The nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control is adopted in the last step of the controller design, and the error convergence rate is improved. An composite adaptive law is used to gain fast and accurate parameter estimation. Finally, simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4005373]