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This paper presents the design and analysis of an extremum seeking (ES) controller for scalar static maps in the context of infinite-dimensional dynamics governed by the 1D Euler-Bernoulli (EB) beam Partial Differential Equation (PDE). The…
The objective of this research is the development of a geometrically exact model for the analysis of arbitrarily curved spatial Bernoulli-Euler beams. The complete metric of the beam is utilized in order to include the effect of curviness…
Previous studies on computational modeling of tooth movement in orthodontic treatments are limited to a single model and fail in generalizing the simulation results to other patients. To this end, we consider multiple patients and focus on…
In this paper, we consider nonlinear PDEs in a port-Hamiltonian setting based on an underlying jet-bundle structure. We restrict ourselves to systems with 1-dimensional spatial domain and 2nd-order Hamiltonian including certain dissipation…
Boundary feedback stabilisation of linear port-Hamiltonian systems on an interval is considered. Generation and stability results already known for linear feedback are extended to nonlinear dissipative feedback, both to static feedback…
We show that the Euler-discretization of the nonlinear continuous-time model of a single mast stacker crane is flat. The construction of the flat output is based on a transformation of a subsystem into the linear time-variant discrete-time…
A PDE-based control concept is developed to deploy a multi-agent system into desired formation profiles. The dynamic model is based on a coupled linear, time-variant parabolic distributed parameter system. By means of a particular coupling…
This paper proposes a robust lattice-based motion-planning algorithm for nonlinear systems affected by a bounded disturbance. The proposed motion planner utilizes the nominal disturbance-free system model to generate motion primitives,…
Feedforward control can greatly improve the response time and control accuracy of any mechatronic system. However, in order to compensate for the effects of modeling errors or disturbances, it is imperative that this type of control works…
We consider a beam model representing the transverse deflections of a one dimensional elastic structure immersed in an axial fluid flow. The model includes a nonlinear elastic restoring force, with damping and non-conservative terms…
Time-delayed control in a balancing problem may be a nonsmooth function for a variety of reasons. In this paper we study a simple model of the control of an inverted pendulum by either a connected movable cart or an applied torque for which…
The paper develops the Loewner approach for data-based modeling of a linear distributed-parameter system. This approach is applied to a controlled flexible beam model coupled with a spring-mass system. The original dynamical system is…
We propose an energy-stable parametric finite element method (ES-PFEM) for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions via a sharp-interface model, which is governed by surface diffusion and contact line (point)…
We consider linear one-dimensional parabolic equations with space dependent coefficients that are only measurable and that may be degenerate or singular.Considering generalized Robin-Neumann boundary conditions at both extremities, we prove…
We consider a canonical flow-structure system modeling airflow over a cantilevered beam. Flow-beam interactions arise in flight systems as well as alternative energy technologies, such as piezoelectric energy harvesters. A potential flow,…
We present the analytical formulation and the finite element solution of a fractional-order nonlocal continuum model of a Euler-Bernoulli beam. Employing consistent definitions for the fractional-order kinematic relations, the governing…
A physical nonlinear dynamical model of a laser diode is considered. We propose a feed-forward control scheme based on differential flatness for the design of input-current modulations to compensate diode distortions. The goal is to…
A novel geometrically exact model of the spatially curved Bernoulli-Euler beam is developed. The formulation utilizes the Frenet-Serret frame as the reference for updating the orientation of a cross section. The weak form is consistently…
We consider non-stationary localized oscillations of an infinite Bernoulli-Euler beam. The beam lies on the Winkler foundation with a point inhomogeneity (a concentrated spring with negative time-varying stiffness). In such a system with…