Adaptive control strategies utilizing preview information of upstream velocity are promising approaches for enhancing performance and reducing loads on hydrokinetic turbines. A control scheme relating a turbine’s characteristic performance curve and rotation rate to an optimal torque setpoint is implemented experimentally and in simulation for a laboratory‐scale helical cross‐flow turbine. Ener...

An active control strategy for controlling impact response in composite plates is proposed. A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) controller is designed based on a reduced-order model that captures the essential dynamics of the system. Simulations results show that the proposed controller reduces the energy transferred to the structure. Thus, the possibility of impact-induced structural damage is ...

In this paper, a new procedure for designing the guidance law considering the control loop dynamics is proposed. The nonlinear guidance loop entailing a first order lag as the control loop dynamics is formulated. A new finite time and smooth backstepping sliding mode control scheme is used to guarantee the finite time convergence of relative lateral velocity. Also in the proposed algorithm the ...

This paper presents a general necessary condition for singular time optimal control of robotic manipulation moving along specified paths. Early work [l], [7] ignored the issue of singular control, assuming bang-bang acceleration along the path. Recent work [6] has shown that the time optimal control can be singular if one of the equations of motion reduces to a velocity constraint. This paper d...

This paper presents the results of a lateral control strategy that has been applied to the problem of steering an autonomous vehicle using vision. The lateral control law has been designed for any kind of vehicle presenting the Ackerman kinematic model, accounting for the vehicle velocity as a crucial parameter for adapting the steering control response. This makes the control strategy suitable...

ADiesel cycle enginewith internal and external irreversibilities of finite combustion rate of the fuel, friction and heat leakage is investigated in this paper. The heat transfer between the working fluid and the environment outside the cylinder obeys generalized radiative heat transfer law [q ∝ ∆(T n)]. Under the conditions of the fixed total cycle time and fuel consumed per cycle, the optimal...

This work presents a control strategy that allows a follower robot to track a target vehicle moving along an unknown trajectory with unknown velocity. It uses only artificial visión to establish both the robot's position and orientation relative to the target. The control system is proved to be asymptotically stable at the equilibrium point, which corresponds to the navigation objective. Experi...

The main objective of applying robust active control to base-isolated structures is to protect them in the event of an earthquake. Taking advantage of discontinuous control theory, a static discontinuous active control is developed using as a feedback only the measure of the velocity at the base. Moreover, due to that in many engineering applications, accelerometers are the only devices that pr...