... ( John Wiley , New York , 1981 ). 3 Su , T. J. , and Craig , R. R. , 1991 , “ Model Reduction and Control of Flexible Structures Using Krylov Vectors ,” J. Guid. Control Dyn. , 14 , pp. 260 – 267 . 10.2514/3.20636 4 Guyan , R. J. , 1965 , “ Reduction of Stiffness...

... links. 13 05 2010 18 07 2011 02 12 2011 02 12 2011 couplings delays flexible structures manipulators motion control shock absorbers stability vibration control High performance manipulators usually need employing lightweight links to reduce inertia forces...

... is formulated by using Hamilton’s principles and assumed mode method, taking into account the second-order term of the coupling deformation field. For highly flexible structural models, ideal surface sliding that produces pure rigid body motion may not be achievable. In this paper, the discontinuity...

...Thomas E. Alberts; Aravind M. Hanasoge; Ashraf M. Omran This paper presents a simple analysis evaluating the stability threshold for magnetically levitated flexible structures using dissipative colocated controllers. It is shown that with such a control structure, the controller that stabilizes...

...M. C. Pai; A. Sinha The input shaping technique has proven to be highly effective in reducing or eliminating residual vibration of flexible structures. The exact elimination of the residual vibration via input shaping depends on the amplitudes and instants of utilized impulses. However, systems...

... are accomplished, in spite of the presence of disturbances/parameter uncertainties and even control input constraint. 16 09 2007 05 04 2010 22 12 2010 22 12 2010 adaptive control attitude control control system synthesis feedback flexible structures intelligent actuators...

... 2010 adaptive control aircraft flexible structures stability vibration control flexible launch vehicle (FLV) bending vibration adjustable model reference adaptive control notch filter Structure flexibility in space flight devices and attitude control in the presence...

..., permitting the generation of near-globally optimal shaped profiles. To illustrate the proposed technique, a deflection-limited/residual energy constrained, controller design for flexible structures undergoing rest-to-rest maneuvers will be presented. Techniques for improving robustness by the addition...

...Angelo Bonfitto; Xavier De Lépine; Mario Silvagni; Andrea Tonoli The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential of a self-sensing strategy in the case of an electromagnetic damper for the vibration control of flexible structures and rotors. The study has been performed in the case...

... 0022-4650 , 10 ( 12 ), pp. 790 – 797 . 10.2514/3.61970 Su , T. -J. , Babuska , V. , and Craig , R. R. , Jr. , 1995 , “ Substructure-Based Controller Design Method for Flexible Structures ,” J. Guid. Control Dyn. 0731-5090 , 18 ( 5 ), pp. 1053 – 1061 . 10.2514/3.21504...

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... sequence, Δ , but the settling time is greatly reduced. flexible structures motion control robust control vibration control 29 01 2008 02 12 2008 23 03 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... represent actuation, and the circle at x = 0 represents the desired reference trajectory. Motion-planning results for strings and flexible structures without Kelvin–Voigt (KV) damping—internal/material damping—have been presented in Refs. 11 12 13 14 15 16 . This work...

...Marco P. Schoen; Randy C. Hoover; Sinchai Chinvorarat; Gerhard M. Schoen This paper is concerned with the problem of identifying and controlling flexible structures. The structures used exhibit some of the characteristics found in large flexible space structures (LFSSs). Identifying LFSS...

... of the system. Attenuating vibrations induced by maneuvering flexible structures by judiciously designing the reference profile is a technique that has been exploited by numerous researchers ( 1 2 3 4 ). Motivated by a simple wave cancellation concept for the elimination of the oscillatory motion...

.... Output oscillations need to be small in scanning operations, particularly for lightly damped systems, such as the piezoelectric actuators and the flexible structures. Moreover, modeling errors are ubiquitous in practical applications. The proposed approach extends the recently developed optimal scan...

... and Drives , Dublin . 16 10 2006 27 11 2007 12 05 2008 damping eddy currents electromagnetic forces electromagnets flexible structures magnetic circuits magnetic flux rotors structural engineering turbomachinery vibration control eddy current dampers...

...Abhishek Dhanda; Gene Franklin In the rest-to-rest motion of a flexible structure with limited torque or force, it is sometimes important to control the vibrations during the move trajectory as well as at the final time. In order to achieve this control, the duration of the move must be set...

... 2007 attitude control controllers design engineering position control robust control space vehicles MIMO systems robust control QFT position and attitude control spacecraft control flexible structures In the next two decades several ESA and NASA missions, with high...

... flexible structures projectiles The use of surface-mounted or bonded piezoelectric actuators for the shape control of intelligent structure has gained widespread acceptance recently. Applications can be found in many areas including the shape control of metallic or composite plates or beams ( 1 2...