Strong solutions to a nonlinear fluid structure interaction system

In this paper, we prove the existence of local-in-time smooth solutions to the nonlinear fluid structure interaction model first introduced in [J.-L. Lions, Quelques méthodes de résolution des problèmes aux limites non linéaires, Dunod, 1969] and considered in [V. Barbu, Z. Gruji?, I. Lasiecka, A. Tuffaha, Existence of the energy-level weak solutions for a nonlinear fluid-structure interaction model, in: Fluids and Waves, in: Contemp. Math., vol. 440, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2007, pp. 55-82; V. Barbu, Z. Gruji?, I. Lasiecka, A. Tuffaha, Smoothness of weak solutions to a nonlinear fluid-structure interaction model, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 57 (3) (2008) 1173-1207]. In particular, the strong solutions here are obtained given initial datum for the Navier-Stokes equation in the space H¹, and initial data for the wave equation w₀ and w₁ in the spaces H²(Ωe) and H¹(Ωe) respectively.     

Feedback control for nonlinear evolutionary equations with applications

In the paper we are concerned with the feedback control system governed by nonlinear evolutionary equations involving weakly continuous operators. By using the Rothe method and a surjectivity result for weakly continuous operators, we first present the solvability for the evolutionary equation. Then we show the existence of solutions to the feedback control system. We also consider an existence result for an optimal control problem. Moreover, we apply the main results to a class of differential variational inequalities, evolutionary hemivariational inequalities and the non-stationary Navier–Stokes–Voigt equation with a subgradient inclusion condition.     

New approach to fixed-time stability of a nonlinear system

The problem of optimal fixed-time controllability to zero for an ordinary differential equation is investigated. We were inspired by the papers Lopez-Ramirez et al. (2018) and Polyakov (2012). We assume that our system is finite time stable. The initial conditions of trajectories we treat as control. We want to maximize the time when the trajectory starting at initial condition terminates at zero. We continue the control approach to stability from Polyakov (2012) to construct sufficient optimality conditions for the fixed-time stability in terms of the optimal control theory and find closed-loop control (feedback control) to steer the trajectory to zero.     

Optimal boundary feedback stabilization of a string with moving boundary

Email: gugat{at}am.uni-erlangen.de Received on April 30, 2006; We consider a finite string that is fixed at one end and subjectto a feedback control at the other end which is allowed to move.We show that the behaviour is similar to the situation whereboth ends are fixed: As long as the movement is not too fast,the energy decays exponentially and for a certain parameterin the feedback law it vanishes in finite time. We considermovements of the boundary that are continuously differentiablewith a derivative whose absolute value is smaller than the wavespeed. We solve a problem of worst-case optimal feedback control,where the parameter in the feedback law is chosen such thatthe worst-case L^p-norm of the space derivative at the fixedend of the string is minimized (p [1, )). We consider the worstcase both with respect to the initial conditions and with respectto the boundary movement. It turns out that the parameter forwhich the energy vanishes in finite time is optimal in thissense for all p.     

Multiple positive periodic solutions of nonlinear functional differential system with feedback control

In this paper, we employ Avery-Henderson fixed point theorem to study the existence of positive periodic solutions to the following nonlinear nonautonomous functional differential system with feedback control:

     

Dynamic feedback control and exponential stabilization of a compound system

We studied the exponential stabilization problem of a compounded system composed of a flow equation and an Euler–Bernoulli beam, which is equivalent to a cantilever Euler–Bernoulli beam with a delay controller. We designed a dynamic feedback controller that stabilizes exponentially the system provided that the eigenvalues of the free system are not the zeros of controller. In this paper we described the design detail of the dynamic feedback controller and proved its stabilization property.     

Fluid-structure interaction: analysis of a 3-D compressible model

In this paper, we present an existence result of weak solutions for a three-dimensional problem of fluid-plate interaction in which we take into account the non linearity of the continuity equation. This non linearity does not allow, as is usually the case, to neglect the variations of the domain which leads us to study a problem defined on a time dependent domain.     

Robust suboptimal control of nonlinear systems

In this paper, we consider a nonlinear dynamic system with uncertain parameters. Our goal is to choose a control function for this system that balances two competing objectives: (i) the system should operate efficiently; and (ii) the system’s performance should be robust with respect to changes in the uncertain parameters. With this in mind, we introduce an optimal control problem with a cost function penalizing both the system cost (a function of the final state reached by the system) and the system sensitivity (the derivative of the system cost with respect to the uncertain parameters). We then show that the system sensitivity can be computed by solving an auxiliary initial value problem. This result allows one to convert the optimal control problem into a standard Mayer problem, which can be solved directly using conventional techniques. We illustrate this approach by solving two example problems using the software MISER3.     

Uniform stabilization to equilibrium of a nonlinear fluid–structure interaction model

We consider uniform stability to a nontrivial equilibrium of a nonlinear fluid–structure interaction (FSI) defined on a two or three dimensional bounded domain. Stabilization is achieved via boundary and/or interior feedback controls implemented on both the fluid and the structure. The interior damping on the fluid combining with the viscosity effect stabilizes the dynamics of fluid. However, this dissipation propagated from the fluid alone is not sufficient to drive uniformly to equilibrium the entire coupled system. Therefore, additional interior damping on the wave component or boundary porous like damping on the interface is considered. A geometric condition on the interface is needed if only boundary damping on the wave is active. The main technical difficulty is the mismatch of regularity of hyperbolic and parabolic component of the coupled system. This is overcome by considering special multipliers constructed from Stokes solvers. The uniform stabilization result obtained in this article is global for the fully coupled FSI model.     

State feedback linearization of nonlinear control systems on homogeneous time scales

The paper addresses the state feedback linearization problem for nonlinear systems, defined on homogeneous time scale. Necessary and sufficient solvability conditions are given within the algebraic framework of differential one-forms. The conditions concerning the exact dynamic state feedback linearization are equivalent to the property of differential flatness of the system. An output function which defines a right invertible system without zero-dynamics is shown to exist if and only if the basis of some space of one-forms can be transformed, via polynomial matrix operator over the field of meromorphic functions, into a system of exact one-forms. The results extend the corresponding results for the continuous-time case.     

State-constrained optimal control of the three-dimensional stationary Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, an optimal control problem for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations in the presence of state constraints is investigated. Existence of optimal solutions is proved and first order necessary conditions are derived. The regularity of the adjoint state and the state constraint multiplier is also studied. Lipschitz stability of the optimal control, state and adjoint variables with respect to perturbations is proved and a second order sufficient optimality condition for the case of pointwise state constraints is stated.     

Semidiscrete Ritz-Galerkin approximation of nonlinear parabolic boundary control problems—Strong convergence of optimal controls

A class of optimal control problems for a parabolic equation with nonlinear boundary condition and constraints on the control and the state is considered. Associated approximate problems are established, where the equation of state is defined by a semidiscrete Ritz-Galerkin method. Moreover, we are able to allow for the discretization of admissible controls. We show the convergence of the approximate controls to the solution of the exact control problem, as the discretization parameter tends toward zero. This result holds true under the assumption of a certain sufficient second-order optimality condition.Dedicated to the 60th birthday of Lothar von Wolfersdorf     

Stabilization of a reaction-diffusion system modelling a class of spatially structured epidemic systems via feedback control

A two-component reaction-diffusion system modelling a class of spatially structured epidemic systems is considered. The system describes the spatial spread of infectious diseases mediated by environmental pollution. A relevant problem, related to the possible eradication of the epidemic, is the so called zero stabilization. In a series of papers, necessary conditions, and sufficient conditions of stabilizability have been obtained. It has been proved that it is possible to diminish exponentially the epidemic process in the whole habitat, just by reducing the concentration of the pollutant in a nonempty and sufficiently large subset of the spatial domain. The stabilizability with a feedback control of the harvesting type is related to the magnitude of the principal eigenvalue of a certain operator which is not selfadjoint. In this paper, we have proposed an approximating method for this principal eigenvalue. Further, we have faced the problem of finding the optimal position (by translation) of the support of the feedback stabilizing control in order to minimize both the infected population and the pollutant at a certain finite time.     

Optimal control for a sixth order nonlinear parabolic equation

In this paper, we consider the optimal control problem for a sixth order nonlinear parabolic equation, which arising in oil‐water‐surfactant mixtures. Based on Lions' theory, we prove the existence of optimal solution. The optimality system is also established. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On open-loop and feedback attainability of a closed set for nonlinear control systems

In this note, we investigate the existence of controls which allow to reach a given closed set K through trajectories of a nonlinear control system. In the case where the set is sufficiently regular we give a condition allowing to find a feedback control law which ensures the existence of trajectories to reach the set. We also consider the case where all the trajectories reach K. When K is not necessarily attainable but only viable, we build a set-valued feedback for which the set is invariant. Our approach concerns continuous dynamics, possibly not C¹, so our methods do not come from geometric control theory. Furthermore, we do not require any regularity of the set K in order to obtain our results, except when we want to establish the existence of a feedback control law to achieve our goals.     

Optimal control of a heat transfer problem with convective boundary condition

We consider the problem of controlling the solution of the heat equation with the convective boundary condition taking the heat transfer coefficient as the control. We take as our cost functional the sum of theL ²-norms of the control and the difference between the temperature attained and the desired temperature. We establish the existence of solutions of the underlying initial boundary-value problem and of an optimal control that minimizes the cost functional. We derive an optimality system by formally differentiating the cost functional with respect to the control and evaluating the result at an optimal control. We show how the solution depends in a differentiable way on the control using appropriate a priori estimates. We establish existence and uniqueness of the solution of the optimality system, and thus determine the unique optimal control in terms of the solution of the optimality system.This research was sponsored by the Applied Mathematical Sciences Research Program, Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-84OR21400 with the Martin Marietta Energy Systems. The authors thank David R. Adams for his assistance in clarifying the proof of Proposition 2.1 and appreciate the comments of the referees for needed revisions.     

Energy Decay of Solutions to a Nondegenerate Wave Equation with a Fractional Boundary Control

In this paper, we study the energy decay rate for a one-dimensional nondegenerate wave equation under a fractional control applied at the boundary. We proved the polynomial decay result with an estimation of the decay rates. Our result is established using the frequency-domain method and Borichev-Tomilov theorem.     

Positive periodic solution for a neutral Logarithmic population model with feedback control

In this paper, a neutral delay Logarithmic population model with feedback control is studied. By using the abstract continuous theorem of k-set contractive operator, some new results on the existence of the positive periodic solution are obtained; after that, by constructing a suitable Lyapunov functional, a set of easily applicable criteria is established for the global asymptotically stability of the positive periodic solution.