Sliding mode boundary control for an Euler-Bernoulli beam with boundary disturbances and parameter variations

Author(s):  
Dimitri Karagiannis ◽  
Verica Radisavlejevic-Gajic
Author(s):  
Jamil M. Renno ◽  
C. Konda Reddy ◽  
Daniel J. Inman ◽  
Eric J. Ruggiero

The sliding mode technique is used to control the deformation of a membrane mirror strip. A membrane mirror strip is augmented with two macro fiber composite (MFC) bimorphs. The first bimorph is actuated in bending whereas the second is actuated in tension. Membrane strips are usually tensioned uniformly. However, the presence of the tension bimorphs induces a local tension at its location. The membrane strip is modeled as an Euler-Bernoulli beam under tensile load, whereas the MFCs are modeled as monolithic piezoceramics. To cast the system into a finite dimensional state space form, the finite elements method (FEM) is used. The control action is switched when the membrane strip approaches its original undeformed shape. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control law.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 3196-3215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei He ◽  
Chuan Yang ◽  
Juxing Zhu ◽  
Jin-Kun Liu ◽  
Xiuyu He

In this paper, boundary control is designed to suppress the vibration of a nonlinear three-dimensional Euler–Bernoulli beam. Considering the coupling effect between the axial deformation and the transverse displacement, the dynamics of the beam are modeled as a distributed parameter system described by three partial differential equations (PDEs) and 12 ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Firstly, model-based boundary control is designed based on a mathematical model of the system. Subsequently, adaptive control is proposed when there are parameter uncertainties in the model. The uniform boundedness and uniform ultimate boundedness are proved under the proposed control laws. Finally, numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the results.


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