Adaptive stabilization for a Kirchhoff-type nonlinear beam under boundary output feedback control

In this paper, the boundary stabilization for a Kirchhoff-type nonlinear beam with one end fixed and control at the other end is considered. A gain adaptive controller is designed in terms of measured end velocity. The existence and uniqueness of the classical solution of the closed-loop system are justified. The exponential stability of the system is obtained.     

A unified approach via convexity for optimal energy decay rates of finite and infinite dimensional vibrating damped systems with applications to semi-discretized vibrating damped systems

The Liapunov method is celebrated for its strength to establish strong decay of solutions of damped equations. Extensions to infinite dimensional settings have been studied by several authors (see e.g. Haraux, 1991 [11], and Komornik and Zuazua, 1990 [17] and references therein). Results on optimal energy decay rates under general conditions of the feedback is far from being complete. The purpose of this paper is to show that general dissipative vibrating systems have structural properties due to dissipation. We present a general approach based on convexity arguments to establish sharp optimal or quasi-optimal upper energy decay rates for these systems, and on comparison principles based on the dissipation property, and interpolation inequalities (in the infinite dimensional case) for lower bounds of the energy. We stress the fact that this method works for finite as well as infinite dimensional vibrating systems and as well as for applications to semi-discretized nonlinear damped vibrating PDE's. A part of this approach has been introduced in Alabau-Boussouira (2004, 2005) [1] and [2]. In the present paper, we identify a new, simple and explicit criteria to select a class of nonlinear feedbacks, for which we prove a simplified explicit energy decay formula comparatively to the more general but also more complex formula we give in Alabau-Boussouira (2004, 2005) [1] and [2]. Moreover, we prove optimality of the decay rates for this class, in the finite dimensional case. This class includes a wide range of feedbacks, ranging from very weak nonlinear dissipation (exponentially decaying in a neighborhood of zero), to polynomial, or polynomial-logarithmic decaying feedbacks at the origin. In the infinite dimensional case, we establish a comparison principle on the energy of sufficiently smooth solutions through the dissipation relation. This principle relies on suitable interpolation inequalities. It allows us to give lower bounds for the energy of smooth initial data for the one-dimensional wave equation with a distributed polynomial damping, which improves Haraux (1995) [12] lower estimate of the energy for this case. We also establish lower bounds in the multi-dimensional case for sufficiently smooth solutions when such solutions exist. We further mention applications of these various results to several classes of PDE's, namely: the locally and boundary damped multi-dimensional wave equation, the locally damped plate equation and the globally damped coupled Timoshenko beams system but it applies to several other examples. Furthermore, we show that these optimal energy decay results apply to finite dimensional systems obtained from spatial discretization of infinite dimensional damped systems. We illustrate these results on the one-dimensional locally damped wave and plate equations discretized by finite differences and give the optimal energy decay rates for these two examples. These optimal rates are not uniform with respect to the discretization parameter. We also discuss and explain why optimality results have to be stated differently for feedbacks close to linear behavior at the origin.     

New trends towards lower energy estimates and optimality for nonlinearly damped vibrating systems

We present an approach based on comparison principles for energy and interpolation properties to derive lower energy estimates for nonlinearly either locally damped or boundary damped vibrating systems. We show how the dissipation relation provides strong information on the asymptotic behavior of the energy of solutions. The geometrical situations are either one-dimensional, or radial two-dimensional or three-dimensional for annulus domains. We also consider the case of general domains, but in this case, for solutions with bounded velocities in time and space. In all these cases, the nonlinear damping function is assumed to have arbitrary (strictly sublinear) growth at the origin. We give results for strong solutions and stronger lower estimates for smoother solutions. The results are presented in two forms, either on the side of energy comparison principles, or through time-pointwise lower estimates. Under additional geometric assumptions, we give the resulting lower and upper estimates for four representative examples of damping functions. We further give a “weak” lower estimate (in the sense of a certain lim supt→∞) and an upper estimate of the velocity for smoother solutions in case of general damping functions and for radial, as well as multi-dimensional domains. We also discuss these estimates in the framework of optimality, which is not proved here, and indicate open problems raised by these results.     

Boundary stabilization of solutions of a nonlinear system of Timoshenko type

In this paper we are concerned with a multidimensional Timoshenko system subjected to boundary conditions of memory type. We establish general rate decay results. The usual exponential and polynomial decay rates are only special cases.     

Piecewise multiplier method and nonlinear integral inequalities for Petrowsky equation with nonlinear dissipation

This work is concerned with obtention of energy decay estimates for Petrowsky equation with a nonlinear dissipation which is active only in an interior subset of the domain. We prove that the piecewise multiplier method as introduced by [20] and [22] for the wave equation can be extended to the Petrowsky equation. Moreover, we also apply some recent results by the author to obtain precise decay rate estimates for the energy, without specifying the growth of the nonlinear dissipation close to the origin by means of convex properties and nonlinear integral inequalities for the energy of the solutions.     

On exponential stability of a semilinear wave equation with variable coefficients under the nonlinear boundary feedback

The uniform stabilization of an originally regarded nondissipative system described by a semilinear wave equation with variable coefficients under the nonlinear boundary feedback is considered. The existence of both weak and strong solutions to the system is proven by the Galerkin method. The exponential stability of the system is obtained by introducing an equivalent energy function and using the energy multiplier method on the Riemannian manifold. This equivalent energy function shows particularly that the system is essentially a dissipative system. This result not only generalizes the result from constant coefficients to variable coefficients for these kinds of semilinear wave equations but also simplifies significantly the proof for constant coefficients case considered in [A. Guesmia, A new approach of stabilization of nondissipative distributed systems, SIAM J. Control Optim. 42 (2003) 24-52] where the system is claimed to be nondissipative.     

Blow-up of solutions for a nonlinear beam equation with fractional feedback

A nonlinear beam equation describing the transversal vibrations of a beam with boundary feedback is considered. The boundary feedback involves a fractional derivative. We discuss the asymptotic behavior of solutions. In fact, we prove that solutions blow up in finite time under certain assumptions on the nonlinearity.     

Asymptotic expansions using blow-up

The method of matched asymptotic expansions and geometric singular perturbation theory are the most common and successful approaches to singular perturbation problems. In this work we establish a connection between the two approaches in the context of the simple fold problem. Using the blow-up technique [5], [12] and the tools of geometric singular perturbation theory we derive asymptotic expansions of slow manifolds continued beyond the fold point. Our analysis explains the structure of the expansion and gives an algorithm for computing its coefficients.*Research supported by the Austrian Science Foundation under grant Y 42-MAT.Received: February 1, 2001; revised: November 22, 2002     

Three-dimensional time-varying nonlinear systems containing a Hamilton system

In this paper the following three-dimensional nonlinear system is considered:

     

A generalized interpolation inequality and its application to the stabilization of damped equations

In this paper, we establish a generalized Hölder's or interpolation inequality for weighted spaces in which the weights are non-necessarily homogeneous. We apply it to the stabilization of some damped wave-like evolution equations. This allows obtaining explicit decay rates for smooth solutions for more general classes of damping operators. In particular, for 1−d models, we can give an explicit decay estimate for pointwise damping mechanisms supported on any strategic point.     

Input-to-state stability of Runge–Kutta methods for nonlinear control systems

In the paper we introduce input-to-state stability (ISS) of Runge–Kutta methods for control systems. The ISS properties of Runge–Kutta methods are studied for linear control systems and nonlinear control systems, respectively. The previously reported results in literature are special cases of ISS of Runge–Kutta methods.     

Analysis of nonlinear fractional control systems in Banach spaces

In this paper, we consider the nonlinear control systems of fractional order and its optimal controls in Banach spaces. Using the fractional calculus, Hölder’s inequality, p-mean continuity, weakly singular inequality and Leray-Schauder’s fixed point theorem with compact mapping, the sufficient condition is given for the existence and uniqueness of mild solutions for a broad class of fractional nonlinear infinite dimensional control systems. Utilizing the approximately lower semicontinuity of integral functionals and weakly compactness, we extend the existence result of optimal controls for nonlinear control systems to nonlinear fractional control systems under generally mild conditions. An example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the results obtained.     

A spectral theory of continuous functions and the Loomis-Arendt-Batty-Vu theory on the asymptotic behavior of solutions of evolution equations

In this paper we present a new approach to the spectral theory of non-uniformly continuous functions and a new framework for the Loomis-Arendt-Batty-Vu theory. Our approach is direct and free of C₀-semigroups, so the obtained results, that extend previous ones, can be applied to large classes of evolution equations and their solutions.     

Expansion of solution in terms of generalized eigenfunctions for a hyperbolic system with static boundary condition

This paper studies a linear hyperbolic system with static boundary condition that was first studied in Neves et al. [J. Funct. Anal. 67(1986) 320-344]. It is shown that the spectrum of the system consists of zeros of a sine-type function and the generalized eigenfunctions of the system constitute a Riesz basis with parentheses for the root subspace. The state space thereby decomposes into topological direct sum of root subspace and another invariant subspace in which the associated semigroup is superstable: that is to say, the semigroup is identical to zero after a finite time period.     

Asymptotic behavior of the Korteweg-de Vries equation posed in a quarter plane

The purpose of this work is to study the exponential stabilization of the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the right half-line under the effect of a localized damping term. We follow the methods in [G.P. Menzala, C.F. Vasconcellos, E. Zuazua, Stabilization of the Korteweg-de Vries equation with localized damping, Quart. Appl. Math. LX (1) (2002) 111-129] which combine multiplier techniques and compactness arguments and reduce the problem to prove the unique continuation property of weak solutions. Here, the unique continuation is obtained in two steps: we first prove that solutions vanishing on the support of the damping function are necessarily smooth and then we apply the unique continuation results proved in [J.C. Saut, B. Scheurer, Unique continuation for some evolution equations, J. Differential Equations 66 (1987) 118-139]. In particular, we show that the exponential rate of decay is uniform in bounded sets of initial data.     

On convergence of solutions to equilibria for quasilinear parabolic problems

We show convergence of solutions to equilibria for quasilinear parabolic evolution equations in situations where the set of equilibria is non-discrete, but forms a finite-dimensional C¹-manifold which is normally hyperbolic. Our results do not depend on the presence of an appropriate Lyapunov functional as in the ?ojasiewicz-Simon approach, but are of local nature.     

Polynomial decay and control of a 1−d hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system

In this paper we consider a linearized model for fluid-structure interaction in one space dimension. The domain where the system evolves consists in two parts in which the wave and heat equations evolve, respectively, with transmission conditions at the interface. First of all we develop a careful spectral asymptotic analysis on high frequencies for the underlying semigroup. It is shown that the semigroup governed by the system can be split into a parabolic and a hyperbolic projection. The dissipative mechanism of the system in the domain where the heat equation holds produces a slow decay of the hyperbolic component of solutions. According to this analysis we obtain sharp polynomial decay rates for the whole energy of smooth solutions. Next, we discuss the problem of null-controllability of the system when the control acts on the boundary of the domain where the heat equation holds. The key observability inequality of the dual system with observation on the heat component is derived though a new Ingham-type inequality, which in turn, thanks to our spectral analysis, is a consequence of a known observability inequality of the same system but with observation on the wave component.     

Controllable Hopf bifurcations of codimension 1 and 2 in nonlinear control systems

The purpose of this work, given a nonlinear control system, is to design a four-parameter family of static state feedback such that the corresponding closed-loop control system exhibits controllable Hopf bifurcations of codimension 1 and 2. More precisely, the scalar law designed by us permits the control of the stability of the equilibrium points and the orientation and stability of the periodic orbits.