A method for shortening of the settling time in all digital phase-locked loops is proposed. The method utilizes self monitoring to obtain the parameters necessary for feed-forward compensation. Analysis shows that by employing this technique both fast settling and good stability can be achieved simultaneously. Matlab and Verilog-AMS simulation shows that typical settling speed can be reduced to...

1389 with u(w; s) = jwj1u(^ w; s) where ^ w = w=jwj1. For any w 2 R 2 and s 2 f0; 1g; jz(w;s)j 1 6jwj 1. We now turn our attention to signals w(k) 2 l n 1 and w(t) 2 L n 1 , and to distinguish them from vectors in R n we will use boldface type.

Recent studies show that hydrodynamic interactions qualitatively change the collision rate between droplets settling in a steady straining flow. We explain dependence of on non-dimensional speed by analyzing bifurcations underlying dynamical system.

Continuous homogeneous controllers are utilized in a full state feedback setting for the uniform finite time stabilization of a perturbed double integrator in the presence of uniformly decaying piecewise continuous disturbances. Semiglobal strong C1 Lyapunov functions are identified to establish uniform asymptotic stability of the closed-loop planar system. Uniform finite time stability is then...

This paper deals with the design ripple-free deadbeat controllers for sampled-data systems. Given a prescribed settling time, the design problem is tackled by computing a ripple-free deadbeat controller that optimizes an H2 performance criterion. This criterion accounts for the quality of the tracking response and for the control energy necessary to achieve the deadbeat behavior. Our main resul...

This paper presents results of a series of experiments on the settling velocity of spheres in twocomponent solid-liquid suspensions. Particular emphasis has been given to the effective values of density and viscosity of the mixture which allows us to describe the settling of the spheres in the mixture using appropriate modifications of the equations valid for the settling of spheres in pure flu...

This paper studies the ability of salt diapirs to lift large inclusions of dense rocks (rafts). Dense inclusions will be lifted if salt in the diapir rises faster than the inclusions sink. The power-law rheologies of six different salts, and viscosities estimated for Newtonian salt are used to calculate the settling velocity of these inclusions as a function of their radii and density as well a...