PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nesri, Mokhtar
AU  - Benkadi, Hichem
AU  - Sifelislam, Guedida
AU  - Idir, Abdelhakim
AU  - Benkhoris, Mohamed Fouad
TI  - Robust Adaptive Speed Control for the DC Motor Based on a Modified MRAC
DP  - 2024 Oct 1
TA  - Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
PG  - C38--C46
VI  - 26
IP  - 4
AID - 10.26552/com.C.2024.055
IS  - 13354205
AB  - The aim of this research was to develop a high performance adaptive control strategy based on the model reference adaptive control (MRAC) approach, using the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) law rule as an adjustment mechanism to control the speed of a DC motor. In this work, we propose a modified model reference adaptive control (MRAC) to exploit the advantages of adaptive control within the classical feedback loop. This new control strategy is a hybrid between the classical control loop and MRAC, designed specifically for the control of a DC motor system. The modified MRAC demonstrates remarkable robustness and superior control performance, particularly in terms of overshoot percentage, settling time, rise time and disturbance rejection. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy was evaluated with the use of various reference signals.