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Practical Challenges in the Method of Controlled LagrangiansChevva, Konda Reddy 23 September 2005 (has links)
The method of controlled Lagrangians is an energy shaping control technique for underactuated Lagrangian systems. Energy shaping control design methods are appealing as they retain the underlying nonlinear dynamics and can provide stability results that hold over larger domain than can be obtained using linear design and analysis. The objective of this dissertation is to identify the control challenges in applying the method of controlled Lagrangians to practical engineering problems and to suggest ways to enhance the closed-loop performance of the controller.
This dissertation describes a procedure for incorporating artificial gyroscopic forces in the method of controlled Lagrangians. Allowing these energy-conserving forces in the closed-loop system provides greater freedom in tuning closed-loop system performance and expands the class of eligible systems. In energy shaping control methods, physical dissipation terms that are neglected in the control design may enter the system in a way that can compromise stability.
This is well illustrated through the "ball on a beam" example. The effect of physical dissipation on the closed-loop dynamics is studied in detail and conditions for stability in the presence of natural damping are discussed. The control technique is applied to the classic "inverted pendulum on a cart" system. A nonlinear controller is developed which asymptotically stabilizes the inverted equilibrium at a specific cart position for the conservative dynamic model. The region of attraction contains all states for which the pendulum is elevated above the horizontal plane. Conditions for asymptotic stability in the presence of linear damping are developed. The onlinear controller is validated through experiments. Experimental cart damping is best modeled using static and Coulomb friction. Experiments show that static and Coulomb friction degrades the closed-loop performance and induces limit cycles. A Lyapunov-based switching controller is proposed and successfully implemented to suppress the limit cycle oscillations. The Lyapunov-based controller switches between the energy shaping nonlinear controller, for states away from the equilibrium, and a well-tuned linear controller, for states close to the equilibrium.
The method of controlled Lagrangians is applied to vehicle systems with internal moving point mass actuators. Applications of moving mass actuators include certain spacecraft, atmospheric re-entry vehicles, and underwater vehicles. Control design using moving mass actuators is challenging; the system is often underactuated and multibody dynamic models are higher dimensional. We consider two examples to illustrate the application of controlled Lagrangian formulation. The first example is a spinning disk, a simplified, planar version of a spacecraft spin stabilization problem. The second example is a planar, streamlined underwater vehicle. / Ph. D.
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Synthesis of electric networks interconnecting PZT actuators to efficiently damp mechanical vibrationsPorfiri, Maurizio 16 January 2001 (has links)
The aim of this thesis is to show that it is possible to damp mechanical vibrations in a given frame, constituted by Euler beam governed by the equations of an elastica, by means of piezoelectric actuators glued on every beam and interconnected each other via electrical networks.Since we believe that the most efficient way to damp mechanical vibrations by means of electrical networks, is to realize a strong modal coupling between the electrical and the mechanical motion, we will synthesize a distributed circuit analog to the Euler beam.We will approach this synthesis problem following the black box approach to mechanical systems, studied by many engineers and scientists during the 1940's in an attempt to design analog computers.It will be shown that it is possible to obtain a quick energy exchange between its mechanical and electrical forms, using available piezoelectric actuators.Finally we will study a numerical simulation for the damping of transverse vibrations of a beam clamped at both ends. / Master of Science
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A COCKROACH INSPIRED ROBOT WITH ARTIFICIAL MUSCLESKingsley, Daniel A. 13 September 2004 (has links)
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Control of Hypersonic High Angle-Of-Attack Re-Entry Flow Using a Semi-Empirical Plasma Actuator ModelAtkinson, Michael D. 11 May 2012 (has links)
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MODELING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A GENERAL MULTIMECHANISM MATERIAL MODEL FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYSOwusu-Danquah, Josiah Sam, Owusu-Danquah January 2017 (has links)
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Modeling and Simulation of a Novel Electrostatic Beat Actuator for Haptic Feedback in Touch ScreensSchuster, Jeremy Mitchell 03 May 2018 (has links)
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HIGH STRAIN FUNCTIONALLY GRADED BARIUM TITANATE AND ITS MATHEMATICAL CHARACTERIZATIONSURANA, RAJESH R. January 2004 (has links)
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A BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THIN PIEZOELECTRIC SOLIDSFAN, HUI 11 October 2001 (has links)
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Modeling, design, testing and control of a two-stage actuation mechanism using piezoelectric actuators for automotive applicationsNeelakantan, Vijay 10 October 2005 (has links)
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Parametric Study of the Effects of the Flapping Mode Excitation on the Near Field Structures of a Mach 1.3 Cold JetSpeth, Rachelle Lea 25 June 2012 (has links)
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