3 research outputs found
Algorithmic considerations of integrated design for CSI on a hypercube architecture
An approach is presented to the integrated design problem for actively controlled large, flexible mechanical systems for which Control Structure Interaction (CSI) problems are of concern. The two coupled design problems were identified as the optimal Structural Design problem the optimal Controller Design problem. These two problems can be addressed within a decision making loop that would consider each separately, and then sequentially analyze the effects of one on the other. Embedded in such a loop would be the simulation and coordination tasks as part of the decision tools required in a total (software) package. All of the above are compute-intensive tasks. In any such task, possible decompositions and gains due to the inherent parallelism have to be exploited. The problems under consideration, as applied to large flexible mechanical structures, are particularly suited to be mapped onto multicomputer systems in a hypercube topology
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Stabilization of nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainty using variable structure techniques
The authors present a result on the robust stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems exhibiting parametric uncertainty. They consider feedback linearizable nonlinear systems with a vector of unknown constant parameters perturbed about a known value. A Taylor series of the system about the nominal parameter vector coupled with a feedback linearizing control law yields a linear system plus nonlinear perturbations. Via a structure matching condition, a variable structure control law is shown to exponentially stabilize the full system. The novelty of the result is that the linearizing coordinates are completely known since they are defined about the nominal parameter vector, and fewer restrictions are imposed on the nonlinear perturbations than elsewhere in the literature
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The relative degree enhancement problem for MIMO nonlinear systems
The authors present a result for linearizing a nonlinear MIMO system by employing partial feedback - feedback at all but one input-output channel such that the SISO feedback linearization problem is solvable at the remaining input-output channel. The partial feedback effectively enhances the relative degree at the open input-output channel provided the feedback functions are chosen to satisfy relative degree requirements. The method is useful for nonlinear systems that are not feedback linearizable in a MIMO sense. Several examples are presented to show how these feedback functions can be computed. This strategy can be combined with decentralized observers for a completely decentralized feedback linearization result for at least one input-output channel