Finite-time fault-tolerant control of neutral systems against actuator saturation and nonlinear actuator faults

This paper deals with the problem of finite-time fault-tolerant control design for a class of neutral systems subject to actuator saturation in which the time-varying delay appears in both the state and the state derivative. Specifically, this is the first attempt to consider the concept of finite-time stability for neutral systems under nonlinear fault-tolerant controller. In particular, the fault model which consists of both linear and nonlinear parts is implemented through the design of controller. By applying the Lyapunov technique and some integral inequalities, a set of sufficient conditions is derived in the form of linear matrix inequalities to ensure the finite-time stability of the addressed neutral systems. Finally, two numerical examples with simulation results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.