Time-optimal and saturating controls with application to flexible structures

This dissertation is concerned with developing new time-optimal control techniques for higher-order linear and weakly nonlinear systems. As an application, we consider the simultaneous slewing and vibration suppression of a flexible beam, possibly with a tip mass. This application arises in the des...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bikdash, Marwan
Other Authors: Electrical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40062
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10212005-123000/