Electrostatic suspension system with sliding mode control

Author

Yang, W.Q. ; Zhang, Y.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

28

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

609

Abstract

Two aspects must be considered in selecting the preload of electrostatic suspension system (ESS) for the electrostatic gyroscope (ESG), both the required load capacity and the tolerable electrical disturbing torques exerted on the rotor. By means of sliding mode control (SMC), ESS may operate in three modes: (1) two-sided linear suspension (2) single-sided nonlinear suspension, and (3) single-sided suspension with nonlinearity compensation. Therefore a low preload can be selected for reducing both the electrical disturbing torques and the power consumption, meanwhile ensuring the required load capacity. It has been proven by experiments that the ESS with 2 g preload can bear overload acceleration up to 6 g successfully

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; electrostatic devices; gyroscopes; variable structure systems; electrical disturbing torques; electrostatic gyroscope; electrostatic suspension; flight control; load capacity; nonlinearity compensation; overload acceleration; power consumption; preload; rotor; single-sided nonlinear suspension; sliding mode control; two-sided linear suspension; Acceleration; Circuits; Electrodes; Electronic switching systems; Electrostatics; Force control; Force measurement; Sliding mode control; Variable structure systems; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.144586

Filename

144586