Adaptive Finite-Time Varying Fault Compensation Tracking Control for Linear Systems

In this paper, an adaptive finite-time fault-tolerant tracking control scheme is proposed for linear systems in the presence of actuator faults. The faults including outage, loss of effectiveness and time-varying bias are all taken into consideration. For those uncertain and varying faults, an adaptive mechanism is designed which promises the desired stability and practical finite-time state tracking properties. The simulation results on an application to an aircraft system illustrate the efficiency of the theoretical results.