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We provide a fully nonlinear port-Hamiltonian formulation for discrete elastodynamical systems as well as a structure-preserving time discretization. The governing equations are obtained in a variational manner and represent index-1…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Philipp L. Kinon , Tobias Thoma , Peter Betsch , Paul Kotyczka

We derive the dynamics of several rigid bodies of arbitrary shape in a 2-dimensional inviscid and incompressible fluid, whose vorticity field is given by point vortices. We adopt the idea of Vankerschaver et al. (2009) to derive the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-27 Steffen Weissmann

This article presents a systematic methodology for modeling a class of flexible multidimensional mechanical structures defined by linear elastic relations that directly allows to obtain their infinite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Cristobal Ponce , Yongxin Wu , Yann Le Gorrec , Hector Ramirez

A novel modular modeling and control framework based on Lagrangian mechanics is proposed for multibody systems, motivated by the challenges of modular control of systems with closed kinematic chains and by the need for a modeling framework…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Mohammad Dastranj , Jouni Mattila

Port-Hamiltonian systems theory provides a structured approach to modelling, optimization and control of multiphysical systems. Yet, its relationship to thermodynamics seems to be unclear. The Hamiltonian is traditionally thought of as…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-11-01 Markus Lohmayer , Paul Kotyczka , Sigrid Leyendecker

Control theory often takes the mathematical model of the to-be-control-led system for granted. In contrast, port-Hamiltonian systems theory bridges the gap between modelling and control for physical systems. It provides a unified framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Arjan van der Schaft

Port-Hamiltonian systems (PHS) and interconnection and damping assignment passivity-based control (IDA-PBC) have achieved broad success in modelling and stabilisation of physical systems. However, the absence of a dedicated scalar potential…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-14 Jinjun Jia , Yuchen Liao , Kang An , Xun Yan , Tiedong Zhang , Dapeng Jiang

In this note, we consider port-Hamiltonian structures in numerical optimal control of ordinary differential equations. By introducing a novel class of nonlinear monotone port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems, we show that the primal-dual gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Hannes Gernandt , Manuel Schaller

In this work we make use of Livens principle (sometimes also referred to as Hamilton-Pontryagin principle) in order to obtain a novel structure-preserving integrator for mechanical systems. In contrast to the canonical Hamiltonian equations…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Philipp L. Kinon , Peter Betsch

This paper proposes to build a bridge between microscopic descriptions of matter with internal energy, composed of many fast interacting particles inside an environment, and their port-Hamiltonian (PH) descriptions at macroscopic scale. The…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-01-16 Judy Najnudel , Thomas Hélie , David Roze , Rémy Muller

This work introduces a new framework integrating port-Hamiltonian systems (PHS) and neural network architectures. This framework bridges the gap between deterministic and stochastic modeling of complex dynamical systems. We introduce new…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Luca Di Persio , Matthias Ehrhardt , Youness Outaleb , Sofia Rizzotto

This paper presents a structure-preserving model reduction approach applicable to large-scale, nonlinear port-Hamiltonian systems. Structure preservation in the reduction step ensures the retention of port-Hamiltonian structure which, in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-01-05 Saifon Chaturantabut , Chris Beattie , Serkan Gugercin

This work proposes PH-based metrics for benchmarking impedance control. A causality-consistent PH model is introduced for mass-spring-damper impedance in Cartesian space. Based on this model, a differentiable, force-torque…

Port-Hamiltonian systems result from port-based network modeling of physical systems and are an important example of passive state-space systems. In this paper, we develop the framework for model reduction of large-scale…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Serkan Gugercin , Rostyslav V. Polyuga , Christopher Beattie , Arjan van der Schaft

In this paper a method of controlling nonholonomic systems within the port-Hamiltonian (pH) framework is presented. It is well known that nonholonomic systems can be represented as pH systems without Lagrange multipliers by considering a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-01-23 Joel Ferguson , Alejandro Donaire , Christopher Renton , Richard H. Middleton

We present a Total Lagrangian finite element framework for finite-deformation multibody dynamics. The framework combines a compact kinematic representation, a deformation-gradient-based formulation, an element-agnostic constitutive…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Zhenhao Zhou , Ganesh Arivoli , Dan Negrut

Conventional physics-based modeling techniques involve high effort, e.g., time and expert knowledge, while data-driven methods often lack interpretability, structure, and sometimes reliability. To mitigate this, we present a data-driven…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Johannes Rettberg , Jonas Kneifl , Julius Herb , Patrick Buchfink , Jörg Fehr , Bernard Haasdonk

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

The modeling framework of port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems and their use in numerical simulation and control are discussed. The structure is ideal for automated network-based modeling since it is invariant under power-conserving…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Volker Mehrmann , Benjamin Unger

It is well known that any port-Hamiltonian (pH) system is passive, and conversely, any minimal and stable passive system has a pH representation. Nevertheless, this equivalence is only concerned with the input-output mapping but not with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Tobias Holicki , Jonas Nicodemus , Paul Schwerdtner , Benjamin Unger