In this dissertation, we present several main research thrusts involving thermodynamic stabilization via energy dissipating hybrid controllers and nonlinear control of network systems. Specifically, a novel class of fixed-order, energy-based hybrid controllers is presented as a means for achieving enhanced energy
dissipation in Euler-Lagrange, lossless, and dissipative dynamical systems. These dynamic controllers combine a logical switching
architecture with continuous dynamics to guarantee that the system plant energy is strictly decreasing across switching. In addition, we construct hybrid dynamic controllers that guarantee that the closed-loop system is
consistent with basic thermodynamic principles. In particular, the existence of an entropy function for the closed-loop system is established
that satisfies a hybrid Clausius-type inequality. Special cases of energy-based hybrid controllers involving state-dependent switching are
described, and the framework is applied to aerospace system models. The overall framework demonstrates that energy-based hybrid resetting
controllers provide an extremely efficient mechanism for dissipating energy in nonlinear dynamical systems. Next, we present finite-time coordination controllers for multiagent network systems. Recent technological advances in
communications and computation have spurred a broad interest in autonomous, adaptable vehicle formations. Distributed decision-making for
coordination of networks of dynamic agents addresses a broad area of applications including cooperative control of unmanned air vehicles,
microsatellite clusters, mobile robotics, and congestion control in communication networks. In this part of the dissertation we focus on
finite-time consensus protocols for networks of dynamic agents with undirected information flow. The proposed controller architectures are predicated on the recently developed notion of system thermodynamics resulting in thermodynamically consistent continuous controller architectures involving the exchange of information between agents that guarantee that the closed-loop dynamical network is consistent with basic thermodynamic principles.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:GATECH/oai:smartech.gatech.edu:1853/24635 |
| Date | 08 July 2008 |
| Creators | Hui, Qing |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
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