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We employ a port-Hamiltonian approach to model nonlinear rigid multibody systems subject to both position and velocity constraints. Our formulation accommodates Cartesian and redundant coordinates, respectively, and captures kinematic as…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Thomas Berger , René Hochdahl , Timo Reis , Robert Seifried

Implicit representations of finite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian systems are studied from the perspective of their use in numerical simulation and control design. Implicit representations arise when a system is modeled in Cartesian…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-01-22 Fernando Castaños , Hannah Michalska , Dmitry Gromov , Vincent Hayward

We extend the modeling framework of port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems to include under- and over-determined systems and arbitrary differentiable Hamiltonian functions. This structure is associated with a Dirac structure that encloses its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-26 Volker Mehrmann , Riccardo Morandin

Different representations of dissipative Hamiltonian and port-Hamiltonian differential-algebraic equations (DAE) systems are presented and compared. Using global geometric and algebraic points of view, translations between the different…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-10 V. Mehrmann , A. J. van der Schaft

In this paper, we consider linear boundary port-Hamiltonian distributed parameter systems on a time-varying spatial domain. We derive the specific time-varying Dirac structure that these systems give rise to and use it to formally establish…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-17 T. J. Meijer , A. Das , S. Weiland

A port-Hamiltonian (pH) system formulation is a geometrical notion used to formulate conservation laws for various physical systems. The distributed parameter port-Hamiltonian formulation models infinite dimensional Hamiltonian dynamical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-15 N. Kumar , J. J. W. van der Vegt , H. J. Zwart

Port-Hamiltonian systems provide a highly-structured framework for modeling of physical systems. By definition, they encode a balance equation relating energy changes to supplied and dissipated energy. Capturing this energy balance in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Aashutosh Sharma , Andreas Bartel , Manuel Schaller

Port-Hamiltonian (PH) systems provide a framework for modeling, analysis and control of complex dynamical systems, where the complexity might result from multi-physical couplings, non-trivial domains and diverse nonlinearities. A major…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-03-15 Philipp L. Kinon , Tobias Thoma , Peter Betsch , Paul Kotyczka

Many models of physical systems, such as mechanical and electrical networks, exhibit algebraic constraints that arise from subsystem interconnections and underlying physical laws. Such systems are commonly formulated as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-26 N. Hagelaars , G. J. E. van Otterdijk , S. Moradi , R. Tóth , N. O. Jaensson , M. Schoukens

We consider the design of structure-preserving discretization methods for the solution of systems of boundary controlled Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) thanks to the port-Hamiltonian formalism. We first provide a novel general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Andrea Brugnoli , Ghislain Haine , Anass Serhani , Xavier Vasseur

We present a gradient-based calibration algorithm to identify a port-Hamiltonian system from given time-domain input-output data. The gradient is computed with the help of sensitivities and the algorithm is tailored such that the structure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-06 Michael Günther , Birgit Jacob , Claudia Totzeck

This paper offers a geometric framework for modeling port-Hamiltonian systems on discrete manifolds. The simplicial Dirac structure, capturing the topological laws of the system, is defined in terms of primal and dual cochains related by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-01-30 Marko Seslija , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen , Arjan van der Schaft

With this contribution, we give a complete and comprehensive framework for modeling the dynamics of complex mechanical structures as port-Hamiltonian systems. This is motivated by research on the potential of lightweight construction using…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 Alexander Warsewa , Michael Böhm , Oliver Sawodny , Cristina Tarín

In the simulation of differential-algebraic equations (DAEs), it is essential to employ numerical schemes that take into account the inherent structure and maintain explicit or hidden algebraic constraints without altering them. This paper…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Andreas Bartel , Malak Diab , Andreas Frommer , Michael Günther , Nicole Marheineke

This paper extends previous work on finitedifference schemes over staggered grids for infinite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian systems. In the one-dimensional setting, it generalizes the discretization approach originally developed for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Ignacio Diaz Alastuey , Yann Le Gorrec , Yongxin Wu

The aim of this paper is the derivation of structure preserving schemes for the solution of the EPDiff equation, with particular emphasis on the two dimensional case. We develop three different schemes based on the Discrete Variational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Stig Larsson , Takayasu Matsuo , Klas Modin , Matteo Molteni

We introduce a new definition of discrete-time port-Hamiltonian systems (PHS), which results from structure-preserving discretization of explicit PHS in time. We discretize the underlying continuous-time Dirac structure with the collocation…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Paul Kotyczka , Laurent Lefèvre

We propose an extension of the discretization approaches for multilayer shallow water models, aimed at making them more flexible and efficient for realistic applications to coastal flows. A novel discretization approach is proposed, in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Luca Bonaventura , Enrique D. Fernández-Nieto , José Garres-Díaz , Gladys Narbona-Reina

We study the structure-preserving space discretization of port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems defined with differential constitutive relations. Using the concept of Stokes-Lagrange structure to describe these relations, these are reduced to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Antoine Bendimerad-Hohl , Ghislain Haine , Laurent Lefèvre , Denis Matignon

This paper provides a first contribution to port-Hamiltonian modeling of district heating networks. By introducing a model hierarchy of flow equations on the network, this work aims at a thermodynamically consistent port-Hamiltonian…