Stability analyses on dynamic control for a moving body levitated magnetically over elastic guideways

Based on the Floquet theory on ordinary differential equations with periodically variable coefficients and the bifurcation approach to nonlinear equations, a numerical approach to determining the stability region of control parameters is established for a dynamic control system composed of a moving body levitated magnetically over flexible guideways. The system is nonlinearly coupled among the elastic deformation of guideways, disturbance the levitation position of the body and electromagnetic control forces. The numerical simulation is given for the system in the case in which the control parameters are taken within and out of the stability region respectively. Results show that this approach is reliable. This project is supported by NSFC(No. 19725207), the Pre-research Project of the Committee of Science and Technology for Defence of China and the Science Foundation of Education Ministry of China for Ph. D. Programmes.