飞行时间不受约束的绳系卫星最优控制

研究了飞行时间不受约束的绳系卫星释放和回收过程的非线性最优控制问题.基于Chebyshev级数展开将高阶系统的状态约束和控制约束拟线性化,使问题转化成典型的线性二次规划问题,通过数值模拟验证了该方法的有效性,获得了绳系卫星轨道和控制力的时间最优历程.     

Optimal Control of Deployment of a Tethered Subsatellite

One of the most important operations during a tethered satellite system mission is the deployment of a subsatellite from a space ship. We restrict tothe simple but practically important case that the system ismoving on a circular orbit around the Earth. The main problem duringdeployment due to gravity gradient is that the two satellites do not move along the straight radial relative equilibrium position which is stable for a tether of constant length. Instead, deploymentleads to an unstable motion with respect to the radial relativeequilibrium configuration. Therefore we introduce an optimal control strategy using theMaximum Principle to achieve a force controlled deployment of the tethered subsatellite from the radial relative equilibrium position close to the space ship to the radial relative equilibrium position far away from the space ship.     

三维电动力绳系子卫星轨道转移的最优控制

考虑复杂状态和控制约束的作用,研究了倾斜轨道上三维电动力绳系子卫星轨道转移的最优控制问题.借助Gauss伪谱算法,将绳系子卫星轨道转移的连续时间最优控制问题离散为大规模动态规划问题,并利用非线性规划方法进行求解.通过数值仿真计算了最优控制时间、子星最优转移轨道及最优控制张力和电流,同时讨论了轨道倾角对最优控制量的影响....     

Optimal feedback control of the deployment of a tethered subsatellite subject to perturbations

This paper presents the nonlinear optimal feedback control for the deployment process of a tethered subsatellite model, which involves not only the usually addressed in-plane motion, but also the out-of-plane motion. The model also takes the uncertainties in the mass parameter, the perturbations in initial states, and the external disturbance forces into consideration from an engineering point of view. The proposed controller is on the basis of a shrinking horizon and online grid adaptation scheme. Even though the proposed feedback law is not analytically explicit, it is easy to determine it by using a rapid recomputation of the open-loop optimal control, which generates the initial guesses for controls by interpolating the results from the previous computation. The case studies in the paper well demonstrate the effectiveness, robustness, and dominant real-time merits of the proposed controller.     

Optimal Control of the Equilibrium State of a Prey-Predator Model

The control problem of the equilibrium state of prey-predator model has been studied. The equilibrium states of prey-predator model are found. The optimal control law is derived from the conditions that ensure the asymptotic stability of the equilibrium state of this model using the Lyapunov function. The general solution of the equations of the perturbed state as a function of time is obtained. Graphical and numerical simulation studies of the obtained results are presented.     

Optimal Control of a Vortex Trapped by an Airfoil with a Cavity

An airfoil with a cavity traps a vortex; the lift increases but the vortex shows great receptivity to upstream disturbances. A simple potential flow model confirms that the vortex stability basin is of a reduced extent. In this paper we present a control technique stabilizing the vortex position based on a potential flow model. The actuators are sources/sinks at the wall and the suction/blowing law is obtained by the adjoint optimization method. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Modelling, Dynamics and Control of Tethered Satellite Systems

Tethered satellite systems (TSS) pose quite challenging problems concerning their modelling, derivation of the equations of motion, numerical simulation of their dynamics, deciding on stability of relative equilibria provided the system moves on a circular orbit around the Earth and the occurrence of chaotic dynamics. Moreover, for the processes of deployment or retrieval of one satellite from or to another satellite certain control strategies, for example time or energy optimal control, are necessary. All these problems are considered in this paper.     

Classification of Noether Symmetries for Lagrangians with Three Degrees of Freedom

We classify all possible Noether symmetries of the Euler—Lagrange equations for a Hamiltonian system with three degrees of freedom. We also review the results for the cases of one and two degrees of freedom.     

胞映射搜索最优控制路径的新策略

在胞映射求解最优控制问题的现有方法的基础上，提出了一种利用胞映射搜索最优控制路径的新策略。该策略基于负步长逆向数值积分技巧，采用了一种新的搜索过程，使得求解问题的效率大为提高。同现有的方法相比，新策略节省了几倍，甚至十几倍的时间。而且计算结果可靠，有很强的工程应用价值，为求解高维的最优控制问题可能会提供一定的基础。     

Optimal Bounded Control of First-Passage Failure of Quasi-Integrable Hamiltonian Systems with Wide-Band Random Excitation

The optimal bounded control of quasi-integrable Hamiltonian systems with wide-band random excitation for minimizing their first-passage failure is investigated. First, a stochastic averaging method for multi-degrees-of-freedom (MDOF) strongly nonlinear quasi-integrable Hamiltonian systems with wide-band stationary random excitations using generalized harmonic functions is proposed. Then, the dynamical programming equations and their associated boundary and final time conditions for the control problems of maximizinig reliability and maximizing mean first-passage time are formulated based on the averaged Itô equations by applying the dynamical programming principle. The optimal control law is derived from the dynamical programming equations and control constraints. The relationship between the dynamical programming equations and the backward Kolmogorov equation for the conditional reliability function and the Pontryagin equation for the conditional mean first-passage time of optimally controlled system is discussed. Finally, the conditional reliability function, the conditional probability density and mean of first-passage time of an optimally controlled system are obtained by solving the backward Kolmogorov equation and Pontryagin equation. The application of the proposed procedure and effectiveness of control strategy are illustrated with an example.     

回滞非线性结构的瞬态最优控制

本文对一种国滞非线性基础隔振的主从结构模型用瞬态最优控制法进行振动控制研究。利用四阶Ｒｕｎｇｅ－Ｋｕｔｔａ积分格式统一处理最优控制方程，可直接逐步积分求出系统在瞬态最优控制下的最优控制力与系统响应。分别对主从结构无主动控制及有主动控制时的两种情况（包含或不包含ｖｂ反馈）进行计算。结果表明瞬态最优控制可有效地抑制振动。     

Optimal Bounded Control for Minimizing the Response of Quasi Non-Integrable Hamiltonian Systems

A strategy for designing optimal bounded control to minimize theresponse of quasi non-integrable Hamiltonian systems is proposed basedon the stochastic averaging method for quasi non-integrable Hamiltoniansystems and the stochastic dynamical programming principle. Theequations of motion of a controlled quasi non-integrable Hamiltoniansystem are first reduced to an one-dimensional averaged Itô stochasticdifferential equation for the Hamiltonian by using the stochasticaveraging method for quasi non-integrable Hamiltonian systems. Then, thedynamical programming equation for the control problem of minimizing theresponse of the averaged system is formulated based on the dynamicalprogramming principle. The optimal control law is derived from thedynamical programming equation and control constraints without solvingthe equation. The response of optimally controlled systems is predictedthrough solving the Fokker–Planck–Kolmogrov (FPK) equation associatedwith completely averaged Itô equation. Finally, two examples are workedout in detail to illustrate the application and effectiveness of theproposed control strategy.     

空间机械臂非完整运动规划的最优控制

讨论空间机械臂系统的运动规划问题，利用系统的非完整特性，将空间机械臂动力学方程转化为非线性控制系统的状态方程，给出一种最优控制的数值自满。通过仿真计算，表明该算法的有效性。     

Optimal Control of Nonregular Dynamics in a Duffing Oscillator

A method for controlling nonlinear dynamics and chaos previouslydeveloped by the authors is applied to the classical Duffing oscillator.The method, which consists in choosing the best shape of externalperiodic excitations permitting to avoid the transverse intersection ofthe stable and unstable manifolds of the hilltop saddle, is firstillustrated and then applied by using the Melnikov method foranalytically detecting homoclinic bifurcations. Attention is focused onoptimal excitations with a finite number of superharmonics, because theyare theoretically performant and easy to reproduce. Extensive numericalinvestigations aimed at confirming the theoretical predictions andchecking the effectiveness of the method are performed. In particular,the elimination of the homoclinic tangency and the regularization offractal basins of attraction are numerically verified. The reduction ofthe erosion of the basins of attraction is also investigated in detail,and the paper ends with a study of the effects of control on delayingcross-well chaotic attractors.     

Synchronisation and Chaos in a Parametrically and Self-Excited System with Two Degrees of Freedom

Vibration analysis of a non-linear parametrically andself-excited system of two degrees of freedom was carried out. The modelcontains two van der Pol oscillators coupled by a linear spring with a aperiodically changing stiffness of the Mathieu type. By means of amultiple-scales method, the existence and stability of periodicsolutions close to the main parametric resonances have beeninvestigated. Bifurcations of the system and regions of chaoticsolutions have been found. The possibility of the appearance ofhyperchaos has also been discussed and an example of such solution hasbeen shown.     

Solution of Fixed Final State Optimal Control Problems via Simple Cell Mapping

A strategy is proposed to solve the fixed final state optimalcontrol problem using the simple cell mapping method. A non-uniform timestep simple cell mapping is developed to create a general database fromwhich solutions of various optimal control problems can be obtained. Atwo-stage backward search algorithm is proposed to eliminate degeneratedpaths often associated with the simple cell mapping. The proposed methodcan accurately delineate the switching curves and eliminate false limitcycles in the solution. The method is applied to two optimal controlproblems with bang-bang control. The well-known minimum time controlproblem of moving a point mass from any initial condition to the originof the phase plane is studied first. This example has exact solutionsavailable which provide a yardstick to examine the accuracy of themethod. The cell size dependence of the solution accuracy is studiednumerically. The second example is a variable stiffness feedback controlproblem with tuning range saturation. The strategy proposed is able toprovide the switching curves in the phase plane. This result has notbeen obtained before.     

Numerical Approaches to Optimal Control of a Model Equation for Shear Flow Instabilities

We investigate two different discretization approaches of a model optimal-control problem, chosen to be relevant for control of instabilities in shear flows. In the first method, a fully discrete approach has been used, together with a finite-element spatial discretization, to obtain the objective function gradient in terms of a discretely-derived adjoint equation. In the second method, Chebyshev collocation is used for spatial discretization, and the gradient is approximated by discretizing the continuously-derived adjoint equation. The discrete approach always results in a faster convergence of the conjugate-gradient optimization algorithm. Due to the shear in the convective velocity, a low diffusivity in the problem complicates the structure of the computed optimal control, resulting in particularly noticeable differences in convergence rate between the methods. When the diffusivity is higher, the control becomes less complicated, and the difference in convergence rate reduces. The use of approximate gradients results in a higher sensitivity to the degrees of freedom in time. When the system contains a strong instability, it only takes a few iteration to obtain an effective control for both methods,even if there are differences in the formal convergence rate. This indicates that it is possible to use the approximative gradients of the objective function in cases where the control problem mainly consists of controlling strong instabilities. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

一类多自由度非线性动力系统周期解的定性分析

应用摄动法的思想和子空间映射的技巧，给出一类多自由度非线性动力系统周期解的存在性、唯一性和稳定性的判别法。该法把问题归结为初等积分的计算。其主要特点是计算简单，应用方便。文后给出了两个例子。     

Optimal Control of Populations of Competing Species

The optimal control problem of populations of two competing species isstudied by using the simple cell mapping method. Two control strategiesfor pursuing the extinction of one species are considered. The controlsinclude the inclusion of population of the other species from anexternal habitat and the parametric manipulation of the intrinsicgrowing rates of the targeted species. A control to maintain bothspecies alive in the long term is also studied by manipulating thecoupling coefficients.     

A Simplified Optimal Control Method for Homoclinic Bifurcations

A simplified optimal control method is presented for controlling or suppressing homoclinic bifurcations of general nonlinear oscillators with one degree-of-freedom. The simplification is based on the addition of an adjustable parameter and a superharmonic excitation in the force term. By solving an optimization problem for the optimal amplitude coefficients of the harmonic and superharmonic excitations to be used as the controlled parameters, the force term as the controller can be designed. By doing so, the control gain and small optimal amplitude coefficients can be obtained at lowest cost. As the adjustable parameter decreases, a gain of some amplitude coefficient ratio is increased to the highest degree, which means that the region where homoclinic intersection does not occur will be enlarged as much as possible, leading to the best possible control performance. Finally, it is shown that the theoretical analysis is in agreement with the numerical simulations on several concerned issues including the identification of the stable and unstable manifolds and the basins of attraction.