Title
On The Matching Equations Of Energy Shaping Controllers For Mechanical Systems
Abstract
Total energy shaping is a controller design methodology that achieves (asymptotic) stabilisation of mechanical systems endowing the closed-loop system with a Lagrangian or Hamiltonian structure with a desired energy function. The success of the method relies on the possibility of solving two partial differential equations (PDEs) which identify the kinetic and potential energy functions that can be assigned to the closed loop. Particularly troublesome is the PDE associated to the kinetic energy (KE) which is quasi-linear and non-homogeneous, and the solution that defines the desired inertia matrix must be positive definite. This task is simplified by the inclusion of gyroscopic forces in the target dynamics, which translates into the presence of a free skew-symmetric matrix in the KE matching equation that reduces the number of PDEs to be solved. Recently, it has been claimed that considering a more general form for the target dynamic forces that relax the skew-symmetry condition further reduces the number of KE PDEs. The purpose of this paper is to prove that this claim is wrong.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1080/00207179.2015.1016453
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
Keywords
Field
DocType
energy shaping, mechanical systems, interconnection and damping assignment
Mathematical optimization,Gyroscope,Matrix (mathematics),Control theory,Positive-definite matrix,Potential energy,Sylvester's law of inertia,Partial differential equation,Mechanical system,Mathematics,Kinetic energy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
88
9
0020-7179
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Naveena Crasta1233.56
Romeo Ortega22461368.80
Harish K. Pillai39020.79