623 research outputs found
Hamiltonian and self-adjoint control systems
This paper outlines results recently obtained in the problem of determining when an input-output map has a Hamiltonian realization. The results are obtained in terms of variations of the system trajectories, as in the solution of the Inverse Problem in Classical Mechanics. The variational and adjoint systems are introduced for any given nonlinear system, and self-adjointness defined. Under appropriate conditions self-adjointness characterizes Hamiltonian systems. A further characterization is given directly in terms of variations in the input and output trajectories, proving an earlier conjecture by the first author
Nonsquare Spectral Factorization for Nonlinear Control Systems
This paper considers nonsquare spectral factorization of nonlinear input affine state space systems in continuous time. More specifically, we obtain a parametrization of nonsquare spectral factors in terms of invariant Lagrangian submanifolds and associated solutions of Hamilton–Jacobi inequalities. This inequality is a nonlinear analogue of the bounded real lemma and the control algebraic Riccati inequality. By way of an application, we discuss an alternative characterization of minimum and maximum phase spectral factors and introduce the notion of a rigid nonlinear system.
Reaction-Diffusion Systems as Complex Networks
The spatially distributed reaction networks are indispensable for the
understanding of many important phenomena concerning the development of
organisms, coordinated cell behavior, and pattern formation. The purpose of
this brief discussion paper is to point out some open problems in the theory of
PDE and compartmental ODE models of balanced reaction-diffusion networks.Comment: A discussion paper for the 1st IFAC Workshop on Control of Systems
Governed by Partial Differential Equation
Port Hamiltonian formulation of infinite dimensional systems I. Modeling
In this paper, some new results concerning the modeling of distributed parameter systems in port Hamiltonian form are presented. The classical finite dimensional port Hamiltonian formulation of a dynamical system is generalized in order to cope with the distributed parameter and multivariable case. The resulting class of infinite dimensional systems is quite general, thus allowing the description of several physical phenomena, such as heat conduction, piezoelectricity and elasticity. Furthermore, classical PDEs can be rewritten within this framework. The key point is the generalization of the notion of finite dimensional Dirac structure in order to deal with an infinite dimensional space of power variables
Multi-variable port Hamiltonian model of piezoelectric material
In this paper, the dynamics of a piezoelectric material is presented within the new framework of multi-variable distributed port Hamiltonian systems. This class of infinite dimensional system is quite general, thus allowing the description of several physical phenomena, such as heat conduction, elasticity, electromagnetism and, of course, piezoelectricity. The key point is the generalization of the notion of finite dimensional Dirac structure in order to deal with an infinite dimensional space of power variables. In this way, the dynamics of the system results from the interconnection of a proper set of elements, each of them characterized by a particular energetic behavior, while the interaction with the environment is described in terms of mechanical and electrical boundary ports
Reduction of Stokes-Dirac structures and gauge symmetry in port-Hamiltonian systems
Stokes-Dirac structures are infinite-dimensional Dirac structures defined in
terms of differential forms on a smooth manifold with boundary. These Dirac
structures lay down a geometric framework for the formulation of Hamiltonian
systems with a nonzero boundary energy flow. Simplicial triangulation of the
underlaying manifold leads to the so-called simplicial Dirac structures,
discrete analogues of Stokes-Dirac structures, and thus provides a natural
framework for deriving finite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian systems that emulate
their infinite-dimensional counterparts. The port-Hamiltonian systems defined
with respect to Stokes-Dirac and simplicial Dirac structures exhibit gauge and
a discrete gauge symmetry, respectively. In this paper, employing Poisson
reduction we offer a unified technique for the symmetry reduction of a
generalized canonical infinite-dimensional Dirac structure to the Poisson
structure associated with Stokes-Dirac structures and of a fine-dimensional
Dirac structure to simplicial Dirac structures. We demonstrate this Poisson
scheme on a physical example of the vibrating string
Explicit Simplicial Discretization of Distributed-Parameter Port-Hamiltonian Systems
Simplicial Dirac structures as finite analogues of the canonical Stokes-Dirac
structure, capturing the topological laws of the system, are defined on
simplicial manifolds in terms of primal and dual cochains related by the
coboundary operators. These finite-dimensional Dirac structures offer a
framework for the formulation of standard input-output finite-dimensional
port-Hamiltonian systems that emulate the behavior of distributed-parameter
port-Hamiltonian systems. This paper elaborates on the matrix representations
of simplicial Dirac structures and the resulting port-Hamiltonian systems on
simplicial manifolds. Employing these representations, we consider the
existence of structural invariants and demonstrate how they pertain to the
energy shaping of port-Hamiltonian systems on simplicial manifolds
- …