Nonlinear sliding surface based second order sliding mode controller for uncertain linear systems

A second order sliding mode (SOSM) controller using nonlinear sliding surface is proposed in this paper. The aim of the proposed controller is to guarantee stability as well as enhance the transient performance of uncertain linear systems with parametric uncertainty. The nonlinear sliding surface consists of a linear term and a nonlinear term. The linear term comprises a gain matrix which has a very low value of damping ratio and thereby facilitates fast response. The nonlinear term is introduced to accommodate a variable damping ratio to reduce overshoot and settling time of the closed loop system as the output reaches nearer the desired reference position. A major gain of the proposed SOSM controller is the elimination of chattering in the control input. The proposed nonlinear sliding surface based SOSM controller achieves fast rise, low overshoot and low settling time. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed SOSM controller.     

Dimension of the global attractor for damped nonlinear wave equations

An estimate on the Hausdorff dimension of the global attractor for damped nonlinear wave equations, in two cases of nonlinear damping and linear damping, with Dirichlet boundary condition is obtained. The gained Hausdorff dimension is bounded and is independent of the concrete form of nonlinear damping term. In the case of linear damping, the gained Hausdorff dimension remains small for large damping, which conforms to the physical intuition.

     

Vibrations of linear structures with spatial local nonlinearities

Classical Modal Analysis can be applied to linear systems if the corresponding damping matrix is proportional to the mass or/and stiffness matrices. Otherwise, e.g., in case of structures with single external damping devices, an alternative or approximate solution procedure for determining the dynamic response has to be chosen, compare [1]–[3]. Vibration problems of linear structures with spatially localized nonlinearities are related to those non-classically damped systems. Such systems are characterized by the fact that their nonlinear behavior is largely restricted to a limited number of single points in the structure. The objective of this paper is to present an approximate semi-analytical procedure for analyzing the steady-state harmonic response of those locally nonlinear structures, where special emphasis is laid on beams with single nonlinear devices. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Kirchhoff equations with strong damping

We consider Kirchhoff equations with strong damping, namely with a friction term which depends on a power of the “elastic” operator. We address local and global existence of solutions in two different regimes depending on the exponent in the friction term. When the exponent is greater than 1/2, the dissipation prevails, and we obtain global existence in the energy space, assuming only degenerate hyperbolicity and continuity of the nonlinear term. When the exponent is less than 1/2, we assume strict hyperbolicity and we consider a phase space depending on the continuity modulus of the nonlinear term and on the exponent in the damping. In this phase space, we prove local existence and global existence if initial data are small enough. The regularity we assume both on initial data and on the nonlinear term is weaker than in the classical results for Kirchhoff equations with standard damping. Proofs exploit some recent sharp results for the linearized equation and suitably defined interpolation spaces.     

Effect of fast parametric viscous damping excitation on vibration isolation in sdof systems

In this work, we investigate analytically the effect of cubic nonlinear parametric viscous damping on vibration isolation in sdof systems. Attention is focused on the case of a fast parametric damping excitation. The method of direct partition of motion is used to derive the slow dynamic and steady-state solutions of this slow dynamic are analyzed to study the influence of the fast nonlinear parametric damping on the vibration isolation. This study shows that adding periodic nonlinear damping variation to the vibration isolation device can reduce transmissibility over the whole frequency range. The results also reveals that this nonlinear parametric viscous damping enhances vibration isolation comparing to the case where the cubic nonlinear damping is time-independent.     

Uniform boundary stabilization of a wave equation with nonlinear acoustic boundary conditions and nonlinear boundary damping

We consider a wave equation with nonlinear acoustic boundary conditions. This is a nonlinearly coupled system of hyperbolic equations modeling an acoustic/structure interaction, with an additional boundary damping term to induce both existence of solutions as well as stability. Using the methods of Lasiecka and Tataru for a wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping, we demonstrate well-posedness and uniform decay rates for solutions in the finite energy space, with the results depending on the relationship between (i) the mass of the structure, (ii) the nonlinear coupling term, and (iii) the size of the nonlinear damping. We also show that solutions (in the linear case) depend continuously on the mass of the structure as it tends to zero, which provides rigorous justification for studying the case where the mass is equal to zero.     

General Decay for a Viscoelastic Equation of Variable Coefficients in the Presence of Past History with Delay Term in the Boundary Feedback and Acoustic Boundary Conditions

In this paper, we consider a viscoelastic equation of variable coefficients in the presence of infinite memory (past history) with nonlinear damping term and nonlinear delay term in the boundary feedback and acoustic boundary conditions. Under suitable assumptions, two arbitrary decay results of the energy solution are established via suitable Lyapunov functionals and some properties of the convex functions. The first stability result is given with relation between the damping term and relaxation function. The second result is given without imposing any restrictive growth assumption on the damping term and the kernel function \(g\). Our result extends the decay result obtained for problems with finite history to those with infinite history.     

Sharp reversed Hardy–Littlewood–Sobolev inequality on <Emphasis Type="Bold">R</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>

A damped nonlinear wave equation with a degenerate and nonlocal damping term is considered. Well-posedness results are discussed, as well as the exponential stability of the solutions. The degeneracy of the damping term is the novelty of this stability approach.     

Composite nonlinear feedback based discrete integral sliding mode controller for uncertain systems

In this paper, a discrete integral sliding mode (ISM) controller based on composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) method is proposed. The aim of the controller is to improve the transient performance of uncertain systems. The CNF based discrete ISM controller consists of a linear and a nonlinear term. The linear control law is used to decrease the damping ratio of the closed-loop system for yielding a quick transient response. The nonlinear feedback control law is used to increase the damping ratio with an aim to reduce the overshoot of the closed-loop system as it approaches the desired reference position. It is observed that the discrete CNF-ISM controller produces superior transient performance as compared to the discrete ISM controller. The closed-loop control system remains stable during the sliding condition. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

General decay of solutions to a viscoelastic wave equation with linear damping,nonlinear damping and source term

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This paper is concerned with the decay property of a nonlinear viscoelastic wave equation with linear damping, nonlinear damping and source term. Under weaker assumption on the relaxation function, we establish a general decay result, which extends the result obtained in Messaoudi [Exponential decay of solutions of a nonlinearly damped wave equation. Nodea-Nonlinear Differ Equat Appl. 2005;12:391–399].     

Existence and Asymptotic Behavior of the Wave Equation with Dynamic Boundary Conditions

The goal of this work is to study a model of the strongly damped wave equation with dynamic boundary conditions and nonlinear boundary/interior sources and nonlinear boundary/interior damping. First, applying the nonlinear semigroup theory, we show the existence and uniqueness of local in time solutions. In addition, we show that in the strongly damped case solutions gain additional regularity for positive times t>0. Second, we show that under some restrictions on the initial data and if the interior source dominates the interior damping term and if the boundary source dominates the boundary damping, then the solution grows as an exponential function. Moreover, in the absence of the strong damping term, we prove that the solution ceases to exists and blows up in finite time.     

强阻尼波方程解的整体存在性和一致衰减性

这篇文章研究一类带非线性源项和非线性边界阻尼项的强阻尼波 方程强解和弱解的整体存在性和唯一性,进而也讨论解的一致衰减.     

ELASTIC MEMBRANE EQUATION WITH MEMORY TERM AND NONLINEAR BOUNDARY DAMPING:GLOBAL EXISTENCE,DECAY AND BLOWUP OF THE SOLUTION

In this paper we consider the Elastic membrane equation with memory term and nonlinear boundary damping.Under some appropriate assumptions on the relaxation function h and with certain initial data,the global existence of solutions and a general decay for the energy are established using the multiplier technique.Also,we show that a nonlinear source of polynomial type is able to force solutions to blow up in finite time even in presence of a nonlinear damping.     

Global existence and nonexistence for a nonlinear wave equation with damping and source terms

In this paper we consider a nonlinear wave equation with damping and source term on the whole space. For linear damping case, we show that the solution blows up in finite time even for vanishing initial energy. The criteria to guarantee blowup of solutions with positive initial energy are established both for linear and nonlinear damping cases. Global existence and large time behavior also are discussed in this work. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

非线性阻尼非线性刚度隔振系统随机动力学特性研究

针对随机激励环境,同时引入刚度和阻尼非线性来提高隔振系统的隔振性能.刚度和阻尼非线性分别是由水平弹簧和水平阻尼的几何布置获得.通过求解Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov(FPK)方程等效非线性随机振动方程来研究非线性隔振系统在随机激励下的隔振性能,并使用路径积分和Monte-Carlo数值方法进行验证.在此基础上研究刚度非线性和阻尼非线性对隔振系统在随机激励下力传递率及其概率分布的影响.研究表明随着噪声强度的增加,非线性阻尼抑制振动的能力增强,但是在较小的随机激励下线性阻尼优于非线性阻尼.     

General stability and exponential growth of nonlinear variable coefficient wave equation with logarithmic source and memory term

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic stability and instability of solutions to a variable coefficient logarithmic wave equation with nonlinear damping and memory term. Such model describes wave traveling through nonhomogeneous viscoelastic materials. By choosing appropriate multiplier and using weighted energy method, we prove the exponential decay of the energy. Moreover, we also obtain the instability of the solutions at the infinity in the presence of the nonlinear damping.     

Approximation design of optimal controllers for nonlinear systems with sinusoidal disturbances

This paper considers an infinite-time optimal damping control problem for a class of nonlinear systems with sinusoidal disturbances. A successive approximation approach (SAA) is applied to design feedforward and feedback optimal controllers. By using the SAA, the original optimal control problem is transformed into a sequence of nonhomogeneous linear two-point boundary value (TPBV) problems. The existence and uniqueness of the optimal control law are proved. The optimal control law is derived from a Riccati equation, matrix equations and an adjoint vector sequence, which consists of accurate linear feedforward and feedback terms and a nonlinear compensation term. And the nonlinear compensation term is the limit of the adjoint vector sequence. By using a finite term of the adjoint vector sequence, we can get an approximate optimal control law. A numerical example shows that the algorithm is effective and robust with respect to sinusoidal disturbances.     

General decay rate estimates for viscoelastic dissipative systems

The linear viscoelastic equation is considered. We prove uniform decay rates of the energy by assuming a nonlinear feedback acting on the boundary, without imposing any restrictive growth assumption on the damping term and strongly weakening the usual assumptions on the relaxation function. Our estimate depends both on the behavior of the damping term near zero and on the behavior of the relaxation function at infinity.     

Blow-up for wave equation with weak boundary damping and source terms

In this paper, we consider the wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping and source terms. This work is devoted to prove a finite time blow-up result under suitable condition on the initial data and positive initial energy. The main goal of the present paper is to generalize our previous result in Ha (2012) treating the boundary damping term in a more general setting.     

Absence of Global Periodic Solutions for a Schrödinger-Type Nonlinear Evolution Equation

Doklady Mathematics - The problem of the absence of global periodic solutions for a Schrödinger-type nonlinear evolution equation with a linear damping term is investigated. It is proved that...