On the Boundary Control of a Hybrid System with Variable Coefficients

A model of the spacecraft control laboratory experiment with variable coefficients is considered. It is shown that the closed-loop system under boundary feedback damping has a sequence of generalized eigenfunctions, which form a Riesz basis for the state Hilbert space. The spectrum-determined growth condition, the exponential stability, and an asymptotic expression of the spectrum are obtained. Moreover, the exact controllability and exact observability of the system are also presented.