Balanced Control of Flexible Structures (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 211)

Methods of structural control and dynamics are introduced in this book. These include reduction of large structural models by balanced truncation, placement of actuators and sensors for dynamic testing and control, structural identification of the minimum-order balanced representation, balanced dissipative controller design, balanced LQG and H( controller designs with the closed-form relationships between controller parameters and system performance, and controller reduction methods that preserve the closed-loop performance. The book explores the unique properties of flexible structures to obtain efficient methods of dynamic analysis and controller design. The presented methods of structural dynamics, identification, sensor/actuator placement, and passive, LQG and H( controller design have been checked both with simulations and industrial implementations. Front Matter....Pages i-3 Introduction....Pages 4-6 Flexible structures....Pages 7-19 Balanced open-loop systems....Pages 20-44 Model reduction....Pages 45-106 Balanced sensor and actuator placement....Pages 107-136 Balanced system identification....Pages 137-146 Balanced Dissipative Controllers....Pages 147-159 Balanced LQG Controllers....Pages 160-195 Balanced H ∞ controllers....Pages 196-233 Back Matter....Pages - Methods of structural control and dynamics are introduced in this text; these include reduction of large structural models by balanced truncation, placement of actuators and sensors for dynamic testing and control, and structural identification of the minimum-order balanced representation