This paper considers the control of externally symmetric vector second order systems using an analytical upper bound method. The structural model is a cantilevered aluminum beam with a collocated pair of piezoceramic patches to serve as actuators and sensors. A computationally efficient method for approximating the H-infinity norm for externally symmetric systems is presented. The approximation method is then used to calculate a scalar output feedback controller to guarantee a closed-loop norm less than any user defined value. This method is tested with a finite-element representation of the beam, and then verified experimentally.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:wpi.edu/oai:digitalcommons.wpi.edu:etd-theses-1357 |
| Date | 27 April 2005 |
| Creators | Sweeney, Robert John |
| Contributors | Mark W. Richman, Committee Member, Zhikun Hou, Committee Member, Nikolaos A. Gatsonis, Committee Member, Michael A. Demetriou, Advisor |
| Publisher | Digital WPI |
| Source Sets | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Masters Theses (All Theses, All Years) |
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