(1) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia;(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Abstract:
Problems arising in the optimal control of gantry crane instaliations are considered. Continuous controls to minimize a control squared objective function are obtained. The amplitude of in-plane oscillations of the suspended mass is assumed small. The optimal controls are sufficiently simple for practical realization.