Abstract: A novel control strategy for the simultaneous suppression and confinement of vibrations in flexible structures is proposed. The key idea is to alter the original modes by appropriate feedback ...

Abstract: Earlier development of finite time settling controllers focused on the structure of the control law which consists of feedback and feedforward parts. In this structure, the feedback part is ...

Abstract: It is well known that the minimum time control of a simple harmonic oscillator subjected to a bounded control input is a bang-bang control where the input cannot remain constant for more ...

Abstract: A feedback strategy, aiming at confining and suppressing simultaneously the vibratory motion in flexible structures, is proposed. It is assumed that the structure consists of parts that are ...