Stabilization and Control Problems in Structural Dynamics

Abstract

Progress on the research of control and stabilization problems in structural dynamics. Primary emphases were on the modelling, designs, placements and analysis of stabilizers and controllers. Two primary types of vibrating structures were treated: the second order wave equation such as strings and cables, and the fourth order equation such as beams. For those structures, he was able to classify the types of stabilizers, analyze their damping behavior, and determine the mechanical designs. Various methods such as characteristics, asymptotic estimation, energy, functional analysis and the Legendre spectral method were used to study the problems. Some relevant theory and methods for general distributed systems and equilibrium problems were developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177183

Entities

People

  • Goong Chen
  • Richard H. Herman

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Bending Moments
  • Boundary Element Methods
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Functional Analysis
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Students
  • Theorems
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Equations

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis