The Byrnes-Isidori form for infinite-dimensional systems

We define a Byrnes-Isidori form for a class of infinite-dimensional systems with relative degree r and show that any system belonging to this class can be transformed into this form. We also analyze the concept of (stable) zero dynamics and show that it is, together with the Byrnes-Isidori form, instrumental for static proportional high-gain output feedback stabilization. Moreover, we show that funnel control is feasible for any system with relative degree one and with exponentially stable zero dynamics; a funnel controller is a time-varying proportional output feedback controller which ensures, for a large class of reference signals, that the error between the output and the reference signal evolves within a prespecified funnel. Therefore transient behavior of the error is obeyed

Model Predictive Regulation

We show how optimal nonlinear regulation can be achieved in a model predictive control fashion

In-domain control of a heat equation: an approach combining zero-dynamics inverse and differential flatness

This paper addresses the set-point control problem of a heat equation with in-domain actuation. The proposed scheme is based on the framework of zero dynamics inverse combined with flat system control. Moreover, the set-point control is cast into a motion planing problem of a multiple-input, multiple-out system, which is solved by a Green's function-based reference trajectory decomposition. The validity of the proposed method is assessed through convergence and solvability analysis of the control algorithm. The performance of the developed control scheme and the viability of the proposed approach are confirmed by numerical simulation of a representative system.Comment: Preprint of an original research pape

Control and stabilization of systems with homoclinic orbits

In this paper we consider the control of two physical systems, the near wall region of a turbulent boundary layer and the rigid body, using techniques from the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. Both these systems have saddle points linked by heteroclinic orbits. In the fluid system we show how the structure of the phase space can be used to keep the system near an (unstable) saddle. For the rigid body system we discuss passage along the orbit as a possible control manouver, and show how the Energy-Casimir method can be used to analyze stabilization of the system about the saddles

Controllability on infinite-dimensional manifolds

Following the unified approach of A. Kriegl and P.W. Michor (1997) for a treatment of global analysis on a class of locally convex spaces known as convenient, we give a generalization of Rashevsky-Chow's theorem for control systems in regular connected manifolds modelled on convenient (infinite-dimensional) locally convex spaces which are not necessarily normable.Comment: 19 pages, 1 figur