Resonances of a Harmonically Forced Duffing Oscillator with Time Delay State Feedback

The paper presents analytical and numerical studies of the primary resonance and the 1/3 subharmonic resonance of a harmonically forced Duffing oscillator under state feedback control with a time delay. By using the method of multiple scales, the first order approximations of the resonances are derived and the effect of time delay on the resonances is analyzed. The concept of an equivalent damping related to the delay feedback is proposed and the appropriate choice of the feedback gains and the time delay is discussed from the viewpoint of vibration control. In order to numerically solve the problem of history dependence prior to the start of excitation, the concepts of the Poincaré section and fixed points are generalized. Then, a modified shooting scheme associated with the path following technique is proposed to locate the periodic motion of the delayed system. The numerical results show the efficacy of the first order approximations of the resonances.     

Multiple bifurcation analysis in a ring of delay coupled oscillators with neutral feedback

Spatiotemporal periodic patterns, including phase-locked oscillations, mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves, in-phase or anti-phase oscillations are investigated in a ring of bidirectionally coupled oscillators with neutral delay feedback. It is confirmed that neutral feedback makes Hopf bifurcation occur in a larger domain of parameters. We calculate the normal forms near Hopf bifurcation, D _N equivariant Hopf bifurcation and double-Hopf bifurcation in this neutral equation by using the method of multiple scales. Theoretically, the appearance of the in-phase, anti-phase and phase-locked oscillations that we observed in the simulation about a ring of delay coupled Hindmarsh–Rose neurons with neutral feedback is explained.     

Stabilization problems for a system with output feedback (review)

Algorithms for solving the problem of design of static output feedback controllers for stationary linear systems with continuous and discrete time are reviewed. The inverse problem is considered. The algorithms of synthesis of output feedback controllers are generalized to the case of a periodic discrete-time system. To solve such problems, it might be more natural to use an approach based on multi-criterion optimization. It is also shown that these algorithms can be used for the optimal stabilization of unstable systems with delay. In this connection, the parameters of a controller with given structure for a controlled unstable scalar system with delay are optimized. To this end, the system is first approximated by a system without delay, with the exponent approximated by a fractionally rational function. Since the structure of the controller is given, the quality of approximation is estimated as the difference (in the space of controller coefficients) between the stability domains of the original and approximating systems. At the next stage, the gain coefficients of the controller for the reduced system are optimized. The efficiency of the thus synthesized controller is assessed through mathematical modeling of a system with delay whose feedback loop is defined by the gain coefficients found. The approach is illustrated by stabilizing an inverted simple pendulum with a proportional–derivative controller with delay. The problem of synthesis of a robust controller for this example is considered. Some examples of designing a robust controller, including for a third-order system in which the delay rather than some parameter is uncertain are presented     

Stability Results for Second-Order Evolution Equations with Memory and Switching Time-Delay

It is well-known that wave-type equations with memory, under appropriate assumptions on the memory kernel, are uniformly exponentially stable. On the other hand, time delay effects may destroy this behavior. Here, we consider the stabilization problem for second-order evolution equations with memory and intermittent delay feedback. We show that, under suitable assumptions involving the delay feedback coefficient and the memory kernel, asymptotic or exponential stability are still preserved. In particular, asymptotic stability is guaranteed if the delay feedback coefficient belongs to \(L^1(0, +{\infty })\) and the time intervals where the delay feedback is off are sufficiently large.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation of a two-dimensional supersonic airfoil with a time-delayed feedback control surface

The time-delayed feedback control for a supersonic airfoil results in interesting aeroelastic behaviors. The effect of time delay on the aeroelastic dynamics of a two-dimensional supersonic airfoil with a feedback control surface is investigated. Specifically, the case of a 3-dof system is considered in detail, where the structural nonlinearity is introduced in the mathematical model. The stability analysis is conducted for the linearized system. It is shown that there is a small parameter region for delay-independently stability of the system. Once the controlled system with time delay is not delay-independently stable, the system may undergo the stability switches with the variation of the time delay. The nonlinear aeroelastic system undergoes a sequence of Hopf bifurcations if the time delay passes the critical values. Using the normal form method and center manifold theory, the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and stability of Hopf-bifurcating periodic solutions are determined. Numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the obtained results.     

Experimental study of delayed positive feedback control for a flexible beam

Recently, some researches indicate that positive feedback can benefit the control if appropriate time delay is intentionally introduced into control system. However, most work is theoretical one but few are experimental. This paper presents theoretical and experimental studies of delayed positive feedback control technique using a flexible beam as research object. The positive feedback weighting coefficient is designed by using the optimal control method. The available time delay is determined by analyzing the maximal real part of characteristic roots of the system. A DSP-based experiment system is introduced. Simulation and experimental results indicate that the delayed positive feedback control may effectively reduce the beam vibration if time delay is appropriately selected.     

On the dynamics of a string generator: Effect of delay in nonlinear feedback

We investigate the effect of delay in feedback on the oscillation characteristics (amplitude and frequency) of a string generator, which, as is well known, works in a self-induced oscillation mode and is a part of a string accelerometer (a device for measuring the acceleration of ballistic missiles, launch vehicles, and other moving objects). A mathematical model of the dynamics of a string generator is taken in the form of a quasilinear second-order hyperbolic equation with constant delay with respect to one of independent variables (time). For the analysis of the mathematical model, we use the one-frequency asymptotic Krylov-Bogolyubov-Mitropol'skii method (its first and second approximations) of nonlinear mechanics. We show that an increase in the delay in the nonlinear feedback amplifier results in a decrease in the frequency of self-induced oscillations, which transforms the string generator into a low-frequency device. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 168–190, April–June, 2008.     

时滞状态正反馈在振动控制中的新特征

控制理论中广泛采用负反馈,而正反馈的应用不多, 一个重要原因是正反馈将系统的变化放大而使系统的稳定性变差. 如果反馈环节具有时滞, 那么正反馈未必使系统稳定性变差. 本文以线性振动系统为例, 采用稳定性切换方法和利用确定时滞系统稳定性的最大实部特征根, 详细研究了时滞状态正反馈在镇定系统不稳定运动和改善系统稳定性方面的作用. 我们发现,时滞位移正反馈明显优于时滞位移负反馈, 表现为: (1). 正反馈控制可以用较小的时滞去镇定不稳定运动和改善系统稳定性; (2). 正反馈控制可容许的时滞范围很大, 而负反馈控制的可容许时滞范围很小; (3). 正反馈对应的闭环系统的最大实部特征根的实部的极小值可显著小于负反馈对应的闭环系统的最大实部特征根的实部的极小值, 因而在相同的初始条件下, 正反馈作用下的闭环系统比之负反馈作用下的闭环系统可以更快地稳定到平衡点. 我们还发现, 对时滞速度反馈与时滞加速度反馈来说, 负反馈优于正反馈; 而对相同的反馈增益, 时滞位移正反馈优于时滞速度正反馈和时滞加速度正反馈. 关键字镇定,振动控制,时滞正反馈, 稳定性切换, 特征根      

ew Features of Positive Time-Delayed Feedbacks in Vibration Control

控制理论中广泛采用负反馈,而正反馈的应用不多, 一个重要原因是正反馈将系统的变化放大而使系统的稳定性变差. 如果反馈环节具有时滞, 那么正反馈未必使系统稳定性变差. 本文以线性振动系统为例, 采用稳定性切换方法和利用确定时滞系统稳定性的最大实部特征根, 详细研究了时滞状态正反馈在镇定系统不稳定运动和改善系统稳定性方面的作用. 我们发现,时滞位移正反馈明显优于时滞位移负反馈, 表现为: (1). 正反馈控制可以用较小的时滞去镇定不稳定运动和改善系统稳定性; (2). 正反馈控制可容许的时滞范围很大, 而负反馈控制的可容许时滞范围很小; (3). 正反馈对应的闭环系统的最大实部特征根的实部的极小值可显著小于负反馈对应的闭环系统的最大实部特征根的实部的极小值, 因而在相同的初始条件下, 正反馈作用下的闭环系统比之负反馈作用下的闭环系统可以更快地稳定到平衡点. 我们还发现, 对时滞速度反馈与时滞加速度反馈来说, 负反馈优于正反馈; 而对相同的反馈增益, 时滞位移正反馈优于时滞速度正反馈和时滞加速度正反馈. 关键字镇定,振动控制,时滞正反馈, 稳定性切换, 特征根     

Bifurcation Control of a Parametrically Excited Duffing System

A linear time-delayed feedback control is used to delay the occurrenceof pitchfork bifurcations and to eliminate saddle-node bifurcations,which may arise in the nonlinear response of a parametrically excitedDuffing system under the principal parametric resonance. The feedbackgains and the time delay are chosen by analyzing the modulationequations of the amplitude and the phase. It is shown that by using anappropriate feedback control, the stable region of the trivial solutionscan be broadened, a discontinuous bifurcation can be transformed into acontinuous one, and the jump phenomenon in the resonance response can beremoved.     

Multiplicity-induced optimal gains of an inverted pendulum system under a delayed proportional-derivative-acceleration feedback

This paper studies the stabilization to an inverted pendulum under a delayed proportional-derivative-acceleration (PDA) feedback, which can be used to understand human balance in quiet standing. The closed-loop system is described by a neutral delay differential equation (NDDE). The optimal feedback gains (OFGs) that make the exponential decaying rate maximized are determined when the characteristic equation of the closed-loop has a repeated real root with multiplicity 4. Such a property is called multiplicity-induced dominancy of time-delay systems, and has been discussed intensively by many authors for retarded delay differential equations (RDDEs). This paper shows that multiplicity-induced dominancy can be achieved in NDDEs. In addition, the OFGs are delay-dependent, and decrease sharply to small numbers correspondingly as the delay increases from zero and varies slowly with respect to moderate delays. Thus, the inverted pendulum can be well-stabilized with moderate delays and relatively small feedback gains. The result might be understandable that the elderly with obvious response delays can be well-stabilized with a delayed PDA feedback controller.     

Vibration control for parametrically excited Liénard systems

We apply a new vibration control method for time delay non-linear oscillators to the principal resonance of a parametrically excited Liénard system under state feedback control with a time delay. Using the asymptotic perturbation method, we obtain two slow flow equations on the amplitude and phase. Their fixed points correspond to limit cycles for the Liénard system. Vibration control and high-amplitude response suppression can be performed with appropriate time delay and feedback gains. Using energy considerations, we investigate existence and characteristics of limit cycles of the slow flow equations. A limit cycle corresponds to a two-period quasi-periodic modulated motion for the starting system and in order to reduce the amplitude peak of the parametric resonance and to exclude the existence of two-period quasi-periodic motion, we find the appropriate choices for the feedback gains and the time delay.     

Vibration control for the primary resonance of the van der Pol oscillator by a time delay state feedback

We investigate the primary resonance of an externally excited van der Pol oscillator under state feedback control with a time delay. By means of the asymptotic perturbation method, two slow-flow equations on the amplitude and phase of the oscillator are obtained and external excitation-response and frequency-response curves are shown. We discuss how vibration control and high amplitude response suppression can be performed with appropriate time delay and feedback gains. Moreover, energy considerations are used in order to investigate existence and characteristics of limit cycles of the slow-flow equations. A limit cycle corresponds to a two-period modulated motion for the van der Pol oscillator. We demonstrate that appropriate choices for the feedback gains and the time delay can exclude the possibility of modulated motion and reduce the amplitude peak of the primary resonance. Analytical results are verified with numerical simulations.     

A multi-objective optimal PID control for a nonlinear system with time delay

It is generally difficult to design feedback controls of nonlinear systems with time delay to meet time domain specifications such as rise time, overshoot, and tracking error. Furthermore, these time domain specifications tend to be conflicting to each other to make the control design even more challenging. This paper presents a cell mapping method for multi-objective optimal feedback control design in time domain for a nonlinear Duffing system with time delay. We first review the multi-objective optimization problem and its formulation for control design. We then introduce the cell mapping method and a hybrid algorithm for global optimal solutions. Numerical simulations of the PID control are presented to show the features of the multi-objective optimal design.     

Principal resonance of a Duffing oscillator with delayed state feedback under narrow-band random parametric excitation

The principal resonance of a Duffing oscillator with delayed state feedback under narrow-band random parametric excitation is studied by using the method of multiple scales and numerical simulations. The first-order approximations of the solution, together with the modulation equations of both amplitude and phase, are derived. The effects of the frequency detuning, the deterministic amplitude, the intensity of the random excitation and the time delay on the dynamical behaviors, such as stability and bifurcation, are studied through the largest Lyapunov exponent. Moreover, the appropriate choice of the feedback gains and the time delay is discussed from the viewpoint of vibration control. It is found that the appropriate choice of the time delay can broaden the stable region of the trivial steady-state solution and enhance the control performance. The theoretical results are well verified through numerical simulations.     

Time delay Duffing’s systems: chaos and chatter control

The effect of a delay feedback control (DFC), realized by displacement in the Duffing oscillator, for parameters which generate strange chaotic Ueda attractor is investigated in this paper. First, the classical Duffing system without time delay is analysed to find stable and especially unstable periodic orbits which can be stabilized by means of displacement delay feedback. The periodic orbits are found with help of the continuation method using the AUTO97 software. Next, the DFC is introduced with a time delay and a feedback gain parameters. The proper time delay and feedback gain are found in order to destroy the chaotic attractor and to stabilize the periodic orbit. Finally, chatter generated by time delay component is suppressed with help of an external excitation.     

Stability, bifurcation and chaos of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control

This paper presents a detailed analysis on the dynamics of a delayed oscillator with negative damping and delayed feedback control. Firstly, a linear stability analysis for the trivial equilibrium is given. Then, the direction of Hopf bifurcation and stability of periodic solutions bifurcating from trivial equilibrium are determined by using the normal form theory and center manifold theorem. It shows that with properly chosen delay and gain in the delayed feedback path, this controlled delayed system may have stable equilibrium, or periodic solutions, or quasi-periodic solutions, or coexisting stable solutions. In addition, the controlled system may exhibit period-doubling bifurcation which eventually leads to chaos. Finally, some new interesting phenomena, such as the coexistence of periodic orbits and chaotic attractors, have been observed. The results indicate that delayed feedback control can make systems with state delay produce more complicated dynamics.     

Effect of delay combinations on stability and Hopf bifurcation of an oscillator with acceleration-derivative feedback

This paper presents new observations of delayed AD (acceleration-derivative) controller in active vibration control and in bifurcation control of a Duffing oscillator. Based on the stability analysis of the linear delayed oscillator, it is found that combination of the two delays in acceleration feedback and velocity feedback has a significant influence on the stable region in the parameter plane of the gains. By calculating the real part of the rightmost characteristic roots of the controlled oscillator with fixed delays, it is shown that a delayed acceleration feedback with positive gain can work much better than the corresponding delayed negative acceleration feedback, which is used in classic control theory. For given feedback gains, by calculating the critical delay values, it is shown that a delayed positive acceleration feedback can result in a much larger stable delay interval than the corresponding delayed negative acceleration feedback does. As an application of these results to a delayed Duffing oscillator with acceleration-derivative feedback, a delayed positive acceleration feedback can be well used to postpone the occurrence of Hopf bifurcation in the delayed nonlinear oscillators.     

Pull-in instability of a typical electrostatic MEMS resonator and its control by delayed feedback

Pull-in instability of the electrostatic microstructures is a common undesirable phenomenon which implies the loss of reliability of micro-electromechanical systems. Therefore, it is necessary to understand its mechanism and then reduce the phenomenon. In this work, pull-in instability of a typical electrostatic MEMS resonator is discussed in detail. Delayed position feedback and delayed velocity feedback are introduced to suppress pull-in instability, respectively. The thresholds of AC voltage for pull-in instability in the initial system and the controlled systems are obtained analytically by the Melnikov method. The theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the numerical results. It follows that pull-in instability of the MEMS resonator can be ascribed to the homoclinic bifurcation inducing by the AC and DC load. Furthermore, it is found that the controllers are both good strategies to reduce pull-in instability when their gains are positive. The delayed position feedback controller can work well only when the delay is very short and AC voltage is low, while the delayed velocity feedback will be effective under a much higher AC voltage and a wider delay range.     

Truncated predictor stabilization control for interconnected nonlinear systems with time-varying input delay

This paper deals with control design for interconnected nonlinear systems with time-varying input delay. Based on the truncated prediction of the system state over the delay period, the state feedback control law is constructed. In the framework of the Lyapunov–Krasovskii function, the stability equations of closed-loop system under state feedback law are established, and the feasibility of the controller is transformed into the problem of establishing a set of linear matrix inequality (LMI) conditions. Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, it is proved that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable. Finally, a simulation example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the control scheme.