1993
Optimal Control of Large Space Structures
Mohamed El Baraka
Doctoral Dissertation, Number: CSHCN Ph.D. 92-1, Year: 1993, Advisor: John S. Baras
Abstract
We present a computational spectral factorization method to solve the optimal state feedback control problem for flexible structures with the following features:
1) Mathematically rigorous
2) Wide rangeof applicability
3) Flexibility of design
4) Fast and Efficient
5) Mini-computer (versus Super-computer) implementation. We apply this method to the following systems:
1) A membrane
2) A string
3) An Euler-Bernoulli/Timoshenko beam models
4) A Beam with structural damping and boundary control