Abstract: In this article, a multivariable control design scheme is proposed for the reference trajectory tracking task in a kinematic model of a mobile robot. The control scheme leads to timevarying linear controllers accomplishing ...

Abstract: In this paper, a systematic procedure for controller design is proposed for a class of nonlinear underactuated systems (UAS), which are nonfeedback linearizable but exhibit a controllable (flat) tangent linearization around ...

Abstract: This paper presents a linear robust output reference trajectory tracking controller, addressed here as a flat filtering controller (FFC), for nonlinear differentially flat systems. Here, we illustrate the controller's ...

Abstract: An improved method for heat transfer calculations inside rough tubes is provided. The model has been obtained from a second assessment developed early by the authors on fluid flow in single-phase inside rough tubes. The ...

Abstract: This work is a numerical study of microfluidic cooling of integrated circuits (ICs), using embedded micropin-fins on a silicon chip. The study considers non-uniform chip heat fluxes (250–500 W/cm2) and variable pin fin ...