This paper describes the passive Qswitch, based on polymer and organic dye BDN, of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Pulses of 27ns duration and peak power of 1.7MW for initial transmission of Q-switch 18.4% 0 T = have been obtained. We have obtained Q-switching efficiency of 77% for train of pulses of 31 and 76.2% 0 T = at the pump energy of 98J. We have also obtained the dependency of laser pulse charac...

This paper presents a hybrid control method that controls to unstable equilibria of nonlinear systems by taking advantage of systems’ stable manifold of free dynamics. Resulting nonlinear controllers are closed-loop and can be computed in real-time. Thus, we present a computationally efficient approach to optimization-based switching control design using a manifold tracking objective. Our metho...

When the process is highly uncertain, even linear minimum phase systems must sacrifice desirable feedback control benefits to avoid an excessive ‘cost of feedback’, while preserving the robust stability. In this paper, the problem of supervisory based switching Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) control is proposed for the control of highly uncertain plants. According to this strategy, the unce...

In recent years, based on the growing importance of clean energy in comparison with conventional energy production from fossil fuels, DG systems are gradually becoming more popular all over the world. These resources solve many problem of system. However, these resources create some other problems too. One of the most problem of DGs is unwanted islanding. This paper addresses reliable passive i...

One of the objectives of the paper is to describe the hybrid robot PEOPLER-II (Perpendicularly Oriented Planetary Legged Robot) with regard to switching between leg-type and wheel-type. Our robot has an easier design and control system than other hybrid robots. The software and hardware control in the process of performing five robot tasks are considered. These are the walking, rolling, switchi...

Wind energy is an integral part of nowadays energy supply and one of the fastest growing sources of electricity in the world today. Accurate models for wind energy conversion systems (WECSs) are of key interest for the analysis and control design of present and future energy systems. Existing control-oriented WECSs models are subject to unstructured simplifications, which have not been discusse...

This paper provides an implementable and energy efficient solution for the problem of manoeuver control of formations of nano-satellites subject to input-saturation constraints and persistent disturbances. The proposed control scheme is based on a supervisory switching logic which, at any time instant, select the most appropriate controller from a bank of pre-computed candidate predictive regul...