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.     

Adaptive-observer-based output-constrained tracking of a class of arbitrarily switched uncertain non-affine nonlinear systems

This paper addresses an adaptive output-feedback tracking problem of arbitrarily switched pure-feedback nonlinear systems with time-varying output constraints and unknown control directions. In this work, the tracking problem of switched non-affine nonlinear systems with output constraints is transformed into the stabilization problem of switched unconstrained affine systems. The main contribution of this paper is to present a universal formula for constructing an adaptive state-observer-based tracking controller with only two adaptive parameters by using the common Lyapunov function method. These adaptive parameters in the proposed control scheme are derived using the function approximation technique and a priori knowledge of the signs of control gain functions is not required. The theoretical analysis is presented for the Lyapunov stability and the constraint satisfaction of the resulting closed-loop system in the presence of arbitrary switchings.     

Adaptive Stabilization of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems

The purpose of this paper is to study the problem of asymptotic stabilization in probability of nonlinear stochastic differential systems with unknown parameters. With this aim, we introduce the concept of an adaptive control Lyapunov function for stochastic systems and we use the stochastic version of Artstein's theorem to design an adaptive stabilizer. In this framework the problem of adaptive stabilization of a nonlinear stochastic system is reduced to the problem of asymptotic stabilization in probability of a modified system. The design of an adaptive control Lyapunov function is illustrated by the example of adaptively quadratically stabilizable in probability stochastic differential systems. Accepted 9 December 1996     

非完整系统分析动力学中的几个重要问题

本文从变分原理和分析约束的力学性质两个方面入手,首次用演绎法推导出Chetaev条件,并且进行了验证,指出认为对非完整系统分析动力学d-δ交换性不成立的观点实际上是一种误解.在此基础上,首次提出非完整系统分析动力学中的两个经典关系.最后,进一步讨论了积分变分原理应用于非完整系统的问题.     

The brachistochrone motion of a mechanical system with non-holonomic, non-linear and non-stationary constraints

Further to previous studies /1, 2/ of the brachistochrone motion of non-holonomic mechanical systems with linear homogeneous constraints, consideration is given here to non-holonomic, non-linear and non-stationary mechanical systems. The problem is to formulate the differential equations of the brachistochrone motion of non-holonomic, non-linear and non-stationary mechanical systems and to determine the additional forces which must be introduced in order to implement motion of this type.     

On the Optimal Stabilisation for a set of Programmed Motions of the Bilinear Control System

During recent years there has been considerable interest in using bilinear systems [1, 2] as mathematical models to represent the dynamic behavior of a wide class of engineering, biological and economic systems. Moreover, there are some methods [3] which may approximate nonlinear control systems by bilinear systems. For the first time Zubov has proposed a method of stabilization control synthesis for a set of programmed motions in linear systems [4]. In papers [5, 6] this method has been developed and used to solve the same problem for bilinear systems. In the present paper the following problems are considered. First, synthesis of nonlinear control as feedback under which the bilinear control system has a given set of programmed and asymptotic stable motions. Because this control is not unique, the second problem concerns optimal stabilization. In this paper a method for the design of nonlinear optimal control is suggested. This control is constructed in the form of a convergent series. The theorem on the sufficient conditions to solve this problem is represented.     

一类非线性系统的局部镇定

研究一类非线性系统的局部状态反馈镇定问题．基于中心流形理论,给出一类非线性系统渐近镇定的充分条件,并设计出镇定系统的反馈控制律．文中利用具有齐次导数的Lyapunov函数方法,特别研究了一类平面非线性系统及具有二重零特征值的一类非线性系统的渐近镇定问题,给出了系统镇定的若干充分条件,并构造出控制律．文中的例表明了所得结果的有效性．     

On the theory of motion of nonholonomic systems. The reducing-multiplier theorem

This classical paper by S.A. Chaplygin presents a part of his research in non-holonomic mechanics. In this paper, Chaplygin suggests a general method for integration of the equations of motion for non-holonomic systems, which he himself called the “reducing-multiplier method”. The method is illustrated on two concrete problems from non-holonomic mechanics. This paper produced a considerable effect on the further development of the Russian non-holonomic community. With the help of Chaplygin’s reducing-multiplier theory the equations for quite a number of non-holonomic systems were solved (such systems are known as Chaplygin systems). First published about a hundred years ago, this work has not lost its scientific significance and is hoped to be estimated at its true worth by the English-speaking world. This publication contributes to the series of RCD translations of Chaplygin’s scientific heritage. In 2002 we published two of his works (both cited in this one) in the special issue dedicated to non-holonomic mechanics (RCD, Vol. 7, no. 2). These translations along with translations of his other two papers on hydrodynamics (RCD, Vol. 12, nos. 1,2) aroused considerable interest and are broadly cited by modern researches. Originally published in: Matematicheskiĭ sbornik (Mathematical Collection), 1911, vol. 28, issue 1. The content of §§ 2 and 3 of this study was presented at the session of the Moscow Mathematical Society on December 11, 1906.     

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.     

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.     

Stabilization of the stationary motions of non-holonomic mechanical systems

The possible stabilization of the unstable stationary motions of a non-holonomic system is studied from the standpoint of general control theory /1, 2/. As distinct from the case previously considered /3/, when forces of a certain structure are applied with respect to both positional and cyclical coordinates, the stabilization is obtained here by applying control forces only with respect to the cyclical coordinates /4/; the control forces may be applied with respect to some or all of the cyclical coordinates, and depend on the positional coordinates, the velocities, and the corresponding cyclical momenta. It is shown that, just as in the case of holonomic systems /5, 6/, depending on the control properties of the corresponding linear subsystem, the stationary motions, whether stable or unstable, can be stabilized, up to asymptotic stability with respect to all the phase variables, or asymptotic stability with respect to some of the phase variables and stability with respect to the remaining variables. The type of stabilization with respect to the given phase variables depends on the Lyapunov transformations which are needed in order to reduce the critical cases obtained to singular cases /7, 8/.     

Vibrational stabilization and the Brockett problem

The present paper deals with the exposition of methods for solving the Brockett problem on the stabilization of linear control systems by a nonstationary feedback. The paper consists of two parts. We consider continuous linear control systems in the first part and discrete systems in the second part. In the first part, we consider two approaches to the solution of the Brockett problem. The first approach permits one to obtain low-frequency stabilization, and the second part deals with high-frequency stabilization. Both approaches permit one to derive necessary and sufficient stabilization conditions for two-dimensional (and three-dimensional, for the first approach) linear systems with scalar inputs and outputs. In the second part, we consider an analog of the Brockett problem for discrete linear control systems. Sufficient conditions for low-frequency stabilization of linear discrete systems are obtained with the use of a piecewise constant periodic feedback with sufficiently large period. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the stabilization of two-dimensional discrete systems. In the second part, we also consider the control problem for the spectrum (the pole assignment problem) of the monodromy matrix for discrete systems with a periodic feedback.     

Numerical methods of stabilizer construction via guidance control

This work concerns guidance stabilization of non‐autonomous control systems. Global stabilization problem is usually quite complex and difficult to solve. To overcome this difficulty, guidance control is used. A guidance stabilizer uses a trajectory of a globally asymptotically stable auxiliary system as a guide. A local stabilizer keeps the trajectory of the system in a neighborhood of a solution of the auxiliary system. In this way, the trajectory of the system tends to the equilibrium position. The main idea of this method is to solve the global stabilization problem by applying local stabilization methods. The presented procedure also yields additional possibilities for the design of a stabilizer that eliminates the peak effect, that is, the large deviation of the solutions from the equilibrium position at the beginning of the stabilization process. This effect represents a serious obstacle to the design of cascade control systems and to guidance stabilization. The optimal control problem used in this paper eliminates this effect that we have when we apply known construction methods of local stabilizers to obtain a high speed of damping of the control systems trajectories. According to this approach and using ε‐strategies introduced by Pontryagin in the frame of differential games theory, the stabilizing control is constructed as a function of time defined in a small time interval and not as a feedback. An application to a mechanical stabilization problem is provided here. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Feedback stabilization and adaptive stabilization of stochastic nonlinear systems by the control Lyapunov function

Our aims of this paper are twofold: On one hand, we study the asymptotic stability in probability of stochastic differential system, when both the drift and diffusion terms are affine in the control. We derive sufficient conditions for the existence of control Lyapunov functions (CLFs) leading to the existence of stabilizing feedback laws which are smooth, except possibly at the equilibrium state. On the other hand, we consider the previous systems with an unknown constant parameters in the drift and introduce the concept of an adaptive CLF for stochastic system and use the stochastic version of Florchinger's control law to design an adaptive controller. In this framework, the problem of adaptive stabilization of nonlinear stochastic system is reduced to the problem of non-adaptive stabilization of a modified system.     

Synthesis of virtual measurements in nonlinear observation problem

The method of the observation problems reducing to the algebraic ones is considered for the systems, which are linear with respect to unknown components of the phase vector. The approach proposed is based on the methods of the controlled stabilization of nonlinear system with respect to the part of variables. The equations of the initial observable system are supplemented by the equations of its controlled prototype. Then control law synthesied in such way that any given manifold becomes an invariant for extended system. For ensuring of this manifold attracting property the partial differential equations are obtained. Finally, the chosen in such way algebraic relations are considered as additional virtual measurements of unknown state. As example the problem of the angular velocity determination of a rigid body is considered. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The non-holonomic double pendulum: An example of non-linear non-holonomic system

An example of physically realizable non-linear non-holonomic mechanical system is proposed. The dynamical equations are written following a general method proposed in an earlier paper. In order to make this paper self-contained, an improved and shortened approach to the dynamics of non-holonomic systems is illustrated in preliminary sections.     

Whittaker方程对非完整力学系统的推广

1904年Whittaker利用能量积分将一个完整保守力学系统问题降阶为一个带有较少自由度系统问题.并得到了Whittaker方程[1].本文推导对于非完整力学系统的这类方程.并称之为广义Whittaker方程;然后把这些方程变换为Nielsen形式;最后举例说明新方程的应用.     

Stabilization of parameters perturbation chaotic system via adaptive backstepping technique

The work of Yassen [M.T. Yassen, Chaos control of chaotic dynamical systems using backstepping design, Chaos Soliton Fract. 27 (2006) 537–548] which mainly investigated the stabilization problem for a class of chaotic systems without the parameters perturbation. This paper is concerned with stabilization problem for a class of parameters perturbation chaotic systems via both backstepping design method and adaptive technique. The proposed controllers can guarantee that the parameters perturbation systems will be stabilized at a fixed bounded point. Furthermore, the paper also proposes controllers to stabilize the uncertain chaotic system at equilibrium point with only backstepping design method. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.     

Asymptotic stability and associated problems of dynamics of falling rigid body

We consider two problems from the rigid body dynamics and use new methods of stability and asymptotic behavior analysis for their solution. The first problem deals with motion of a rigid body in an unbounded volume of ideal fluid with zero vorticity. The second problem, having similar asymptotic behavior, is concerned with motion of a sleigh on an inclined plane. The equations of motion for the second problem are non-holonomic and exhibit some new features not typical for Hamiltonian systems. A comprehensive survey of references is given and new problems connected with falling motion of heavy bodies in fluid are proposed.      

模糊不确定时滞系统的保成本控制

讨论了基于T-S模型的不确定时滞系统的保成本控制问题.文章采用并行补偿状态反馈控制方法和时滞相关稳定性分析方法,通过引入一个带调节因子的Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函,利用线性矩阵不等式的形式给出了状态反馈控制器存在的充分条件.当调节因子取不同值时,最小保成本值和反馈增益也是不同的,不同的反馈增益导致不同的动态性能,因此,可以通过选取合适的调节因子来优化闭环系统的动态性能. 最小保成本值可以看作调节因子的函数,因此,可以通过求解一个凸优化问题来求得最小的保成本值和最优的调节因子,文章给出了一个求解最小保成本值的算法.并利用仿真示例验证了所给方法的有效性.