this paper presents a gain scheduled autopilot for pitch channel of a flying vehicle. the selected method is based on polynomial fuzzy systems. the method does not involve linearization about operating point. first the polynomial fuzzy model of pitch channel of the flight body is derived. next, using polynomial fuzzy system methodology the controller is design such that the outputs of the nonli...

this paper is concerned with the problem of designing discrete-time control systems with closed-loop eigenvalues in a prescribed region of stability. first, we obtain a state feedback matrix which assigns all the eigenvalues to zero, and then by elementary similarity operations we find a state feedback which assigns the eigenvalues inside a circle with center   and radius. this new algorithm ca...

joint flexibility is a very important factor to consider in the controller design for robot manipulators if high performance is expected. most of the research works on control of flexible-joint robots in literature have ignored the actuator dynamics to avoid complexity in controller design. the problem of designing nonlinear controller for a class of single-link flexible-joint robot manipulator...

this paper presents h∞ control problem for input-delayed systems. a neutral system approach is considered to the design of pd controller for input delay systems in presence of uncertain time-invariant delay. using this approach, the resulting closed-loop system turns into a specific time-delay system of neutral type. the significant specification of this neutral system is that its delayed coeff...

in this paper, construction rules of the root locus of a positive feedback system whose loop transfer function is not strictly proper have been investigated. the root locus method is being used since 1950. it is demonstrated that some of the steps in this technique are not general and for a positive feedback system whose loop transfer function is not strictly proper are not valid. to overcome t...

this paper describes an optimal design for multivariable pi controller with a high gain structure for an irregular system by genetic algorithm. pi controllers with a high gain structure leads to the asymptotic decomposition of the fast and slow modes in the closed loop system that have unique characteristics. the slow modes are asymptotically uncontrollable and unobservable; therefore, they hav...

in this paper, a new analytical method to find a near-optimal high gain controller for the non-minimum phase affine nonlinear systems is introduced. this controller is derived based on the closed form solution of the hamilton-jacobi-bellman (hjb) equation associated with the cheap control problem. this methodology employs an algebraic equation with parametric coefficients for the systems with s...

to enhance the closed loop performance in presence of disturbance, uncertainties and delay a double loop mixture of mpc and robust controller is proposed. this double loop controller ensures smooth tracking for a 3-axis gyro-stabilized platform which has delay intrinsically. this control idea is suggested to eliminate high frequency disturbances and minimize steady state error with minimum powe...

in this paper, the impacts of installing superconducting fault current limiter (sfcl)in radial and loop power distribution system are evaluated to improve voltage sag in both cases of with and without distributed generations (dg). among various sfcls, the hybrid type with a superconducting element in parallel with a current limiting reactor (clr) is selected. this is more effective than resisto...