Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control: Recent submissions
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Experimental Validation of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper discusses an experimental validation of a real-time augmented control scheme for an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery (WHR) system. A nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is designed to regulate ... -
A Review of Switched Inertance Hydraulic Converter Technology1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Digital hydraulics is a new technology providing an alternative to conventional proportional or servovalve-controlled systems in the area of fluid power. Digital hydraulic applications, such as digital pumps, digital valves ... -
Analysis of Whirling Vibration Due to Morton Effect by Using Frequency Transfer Function Model in Journal Bearings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In recent years, rotating machinery has been required to operate at high rotational speeds for high efficiency. However, with increase in the rotational speed, the rotating machinery may become unstable. One cause of ... -
Iterative Learning Control for a Type of Modified Smith Predictor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article proposes a novel iterative learning control (ILC) design for a type of modified Smith predictor, in particular, to control a single-input single-output unstable plant or integral process with a time delay. ... -
Path Planning and Control of Redundant Manipulators Using Bilevel Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Redundancy is a useful feature in dynamic systems which can be exploited to enhance performance in various tasks. In this work, redundancy will be utilized to minimize the energy consumption of a linear manipulator, while ... -
Improving Disturbance Rejection in Nonlinear Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Using Lur'e Formulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The efficacy of magnetic bearing controllers designed to reject transient disturbances is evaluated via a series of experiments. The experiment consists of a rocking beam with opposing electromagnetic actuators for control ... -
Integrating Optimal Vehicle Routing and Control With Load-Dependent Vehicle Dynamics Using a Confidence Bounds for Trees-Based Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, a class of vehicle routing problems (VRPs) is considered in which the vehicle dynamical model depends on the chosen route. Specifically, the mass of each vehicle is determined by the loading demands of the ... -
Guaranteed Continuity and Computational Improvement in SDRE Controllers for Cancer Treatment Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This study provides a novel analysis and design of the state-dependent Riccati equation (SDRE) control in cancer treatment application. The key assumption to ensure continuous SDRE controllers—in terms of the solvability ... -
Inverse Optimal Stabilization of Dynamical Systems by Wiener Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper formulates and solves new problems of inverse optimal stabilization and inverse optimal stabilization with gain assignment for nonlinear systems by Wiener processes. First, a theorem is developed to design inverse ... -
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Group Consensus of Agents With Third-Order Dynamics in Directed Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this paper, we investigate the group consensus problem in directed networks where agents have third-order dynamics. Necessary and sufficient conditions on the controller parameters are obtained to ensure K-equilibria ... -
Partial Differential Equation-Based Trajectory Planning for Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper proposes a physics-inspired method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trajectory planning in three dimensions using partial differential equations (PDEs) for application in dynamic hostile environments. The ... -
Observer-Based Nonlinear Decoupling Control for Two-Joint Manipulator Systems Driven by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are an important type of bionic actuators for high power-to-weight ratio and good flexibility. However, nonlinearities always exist in systems driven by PAMs, which should be dealt with ... -
Continuous Phase Control of Vanadium Dioxide Films
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Vanadium dioxide (VO2) undergoes a metal-insulator transition (MIT) at approximately 68 °C, with associated sharp changes in its physical (e.g., optical, electrical, and mechanical) properties. This behavior makes VO2 films ... -
Microelectromechanical Systems Cantilever Resonators: Pressure-Dependent Gas Film Damping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Under near-vacuum conditions, the fluid frictional dissipation or approximately the inverse of the quality factor of a microcantilever once the intrinsic dissipation can be neglected is proportional to the low pressure. ... -
Estimation of Friction and States for Robust Control of Position Servo
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Friction is an inherent nonlinearity in electromechanical systems. It adversely affects the system performance. The key challenge is to get its accurate information as it is not measurable. This paper proposes a two-observer ... -
Comparison of Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Approaches for the Prediction of In-Cylinder Pressure in a Spark Ignition Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In first stage, a machine learning (ML) was performed to predict in-cylinder pressure using both fuzzy logic (FL) and artificial neural networks (ANN) depending on the results of experimental studies in a spark ignition ... -
A Cascaded Optimization Approach for Modeling a Professional Driver's Driving Style
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In the context of minimum-time vehicle maneuvering, previous works have shown that different professional drivers drive differently while achieving nearly identical performance. In this paper, a cascaded optimization ... -
Singular System-Based Approach for Active Vibration Control of Vehicle Seat Suspension
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper proposes a singular system-based approach for active vibration control of vehicle seat suspensions, where the drivers' acceleration is augmented into the conventional seat suspension model together with seat ... -
Robust Tracking in Underactuated Systems Using Flatness-Based ADRC With Cascade Observers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In this work, the problem of trajectory tracking in uncertain underactuated systems is considered. To solve it, a combination of differential flatness and active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) is proposed. The ... -
System Identification and Lateral Dynamics of the Active Tilt-Controlled Electric Three Wheeler
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Active tilt control system (ATC) is considered to be a prominent technological advancement in the three wheelers (3Ws), which improves the drive and comfort capabilities of 3W, leading to additional benefits of excellent ...