Title :
Controlled synchronization of pendula
Author :
Pogromsky, A. Yu ; Belykh, V.N. ; Nijmeijer, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
In this paper we design a controller for synchronization problem for two pendula suspended on an elastically supported rigid beam. A relation to Huijgens´ experiments as well as the practical motivation are emphasized.
Keywords :
control system synthesis; motion control; pendulums; stability; synchronisation; Huijgens experiments; controlled synchronization; controller design; elastically supported rigid beam; pendula; stability; Clocks; Electrical engineering; Equations; Frequency synchronization; Mathematics; Mechanical engineering; Modems; Mutual coupling; Oscillators; Robot kinematics;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2003. Proceedings. 42nd IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7924-1
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2003.1272184
