Stabilization of the motions of mechanical systems with non-holonomic constraints

Mechanical systems possibly containing non-holonomic constraints are considered. The problem of stabilizing the motion of the system along a given manifold of its phase space is solved. A control law which does not involve the dynamcal parameters of the system is constructed. The law is universal, that is, it stabilizes motion along any given manifold. It is only necessary that the manifold be feasible, that is, conform to the dynamics of the system.     

Stabilization of the motions of non-autonomous mechanical systems

The problem of stabilizing the motions of mechanical systems that can be described by non-autonomous systems of ordinary differential equations is considered. The sufficient conditions for stabilizing of the motions of mechanical systems with assigned forces due to forces of another structure are obtained by constructing a vector Lyapunov function and a reference system. Examples of the solution of the problems of stabilizing the rotational motion of an axisymmetric satellite in an elliptic orbit, a non-tumbling gyro horizon, etc. are considered ©2009     

Stabilization of the motions of mechanical systems with variable masses

A holonomic mechanical system with variable masses and cyclic coordinates is considered. Such a system can have generalized steady motions in which the positional coordinates are constant and the cyclic velocities under the action of reactive forces vary according to a given law. Sufficient Routh-Rumyantsev-type conditions for the stability of such motions are determined. The problem of stabilizing a given translational-rotational motion of a symmetric satellite in which its centre of mass moves in a circular orbit and the satellite executes rotational motion about its axis of symmetry is solved.     

Stabilization of the motions of mechanical systems in prescribed phase-space manifolds

A method for constructing a mathematical model of the dynamics of a mechanical system is proposed. An algorithm is constructed for determining the expressions for the control forces and the components of the constraint reactions. A modification is made to the dynamic equations which enables one to solve the problem of stabilizing the constraints and which ensures the required accuracy in the numerical solution of the corresponding system of differential-algebraic equations describing the constraints imposed on the system, its kinematics and dynamics. By virtue of well-known dynamic analogies, the proposed method can be used to investigate the dynamics of different physical systems. The problem of modelling the dynamics of an adaptive optical system with two degrees of freedom is considered.     

Controllability and observability in the problem of stabilizing steady motions of non-holonomic mechanical systems with cyclic coordinatest

The approach to the solution of stabilization problems for steady motions of holonomic mechanical systems [1, 2] based on linear control theory, combined with the theory of critical cases of stability theory, is used to solve the analogous problems for non-holonomic systems. It is assumed that the control forces may affect both cyclic and positional coordinates, where the number r of independent control inputs may be considerably less than the number n of degrees of freedom of the system, unlike in many other studies (see, e.g., [3–5]), in which as a rule r = n. Several effective new criteria of controllability and observability are formulated, based on reducing the problem to a problem of less dimension. Stability analysis is carried out for the trivial solution of the complete non-linear system, closed by a selected control. This analysis is a necessary step in solving the stabilization problem for steady motion of a non-holonomic system (unlike holonomic systems), since in most cases such a system is not completely controllable.     

Reverse motions of mechanical systems

The possibility of the occurrence of sections of reverse motions in natural mechanical systems, when, in the second half of a time interval, the motion in the first half of the interval is repeated in the reverse order and the opposite velocity with a specified accuracy, is investigated. It is shown that such motions are characteristic of natural mechanical systems in the neighbourhood of a non-degenerate equilibrium position if the natural frequencies are independent. Systems with gyroscopic and dissipative forces are also considered. It is shown that, in these systems, sections of reverse motion can be observed in a special system of coordinates. Examples are presented.     

Stabilization of stationary affine control systems with discrete time

We obtain new sufficient conditions for the local and global asymptotic stabilization of the zero solution of a nonlinear affine control system with discrete time and with constant coefficients by a continuous state feedback. We assume that the zero solution of the free system is Lyapunov stable. For systems with linear drift, we construct a bounded control in the problem of global asymptotic state and output stabilization. Corollaries for bilinear systems are obtained.     

Analysis of the motion of a non-holonomic mechanical system

The motion of a plane non-holonomic mechanical system, consisting of two point masses, which move in such a way that their velocities are mutually perpendicular, is analysed [Zekovi? D. Examples of non-linear non-holonomic constraints in classical mechanics. Vestnik MGU. Ser. 1. Matematika Mekhanika, 1991; 1:100–3]. The equations of the constraints of such a system are derived, the reactions of the constraints are calculated and the cyclical first integrals are written.     

The stabilization of program motions of controlled nonlinear mechanical systems

We consider a controlled nonlinear mechanical system described by the Lagrange equations. We determine the control forcesQ ₁ and the restrictions for the perturbationsQ ₂ acting on the mechanical system which allow to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the program motion of the system. We solve the problem of stabilization by the direct Lyapunov's method and the method of limiting functions and systems. In this case we can use the Lyapunov's functions having nonpositive derivatives. The following examples are considered: stabilization of program motions of mathematical pendulum with moving point of suspension and stabilization of program motions of rigid body with fixed point.     

Invariant sets and symmetric periodic motions of reversible mechanical systems

A method of constructing and classifying all symmetric periodic motions of a reversible mechanical system is proposed. The principal solution of the above problem is given for the Hill problem, the restricted three-body problem (including the photogravitational problem), the problem of a heavy rigid body with a fixed point, and that of a heavy rigid body on a rough plane. In particular, problems requiring a systematic numerical study are therby formulated.     

Hamiltonization of non-holonomic systems in the neighborhood of invariant manifolds

The problem of Hamiltonization of non-holonomic systems, both integrable and non-integrable, is considered. This question is important in the qualitative analysis of such systems and it enables one to determine possible dynamical effects. The first part of the paper is devoted to representing integrable systems in a conformally Hamiltonian form. In the second part, the existence of a conformally Hamiltonian representation in a neighborhood of a periodic solution is proved for an arbitrary (including integrable) system preserving an invariant measure. Throughout the paper, general constructions are illustrated by examples in non-holonomic mechanics.     

Controllability and stabilization of programmed motions of reversible mechanical and electromechanical systems

Problems of controllability and methods of stabilizing programmed motions of a large class of mechanical and electromechanical systems which are reversible with respect to the control are considered. Criteria of the controllability and stabilizability of reversible systems are obtained. Programmed motions and algorithms of programmed control are designed in analytical form and algorithms of programmed motions for non-linear reversible systems are synthesized.     

Integral estimation and adaptive stabilization of non-holonomic controlled systems

A method for the programmed stabilization of non-holonomic dynamic systems is proposed. The original problem is reduced to a constrained adaptive control problem with unknown perturbations, which are represented by the reactions of linear (not necessarily ideal) non-holonomic constraints. Effective control and parameter estimation algorithms are constructed for the exponential stabilization of the system. The method can be extended to non-holonomic systems whose parameters are not known in advance or undergo an unknown bounded drift with time.