Title :
Time-optimal commands with specified fuel usage for controlling flexible structures
Author :
Lau, Mark A. ; Pao, Lucy Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We provide a mathematical justification for time-optimal and fuel-efficient controllers based on Pontryagin´s minimum principle. We demonstrate that some symmetry properties of time-optimal commands, that are known to hold for undamped flexible structures, remain valid in the presence of fuel constraints. We also outline a procedure for designing robust time-optimal commands with specified fuel
Keywords :
control system synthesis; flexible structures; fuel optimal control; minimum principle; robust control; time optimal control; Pontryagin minimum principle; flexible structures; fuel-efficient controllers; robust time-optimal commands; symmetry; time-optimal controllers; undamped flexible structures; Boundary conditions; Control systems; Damping; Equations; Flexible structures; Fuel storage; Lighting control; Lightweight structures; Optimal control; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5519-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2000.879127
