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Optimal control of a rotating cylinder partially filled with ideal fluid

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dc.contributor.authorKlauber, Robert D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHendricks, Scott L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCramer, Mark S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJunkins, J.L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGrigsby, L.L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMeirovitch, Leonarden
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Mechanicsen
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Mechanicsen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T19:04:08Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-31T19:04:08Zen
dc.date.issued1982en
dc.description.abstractOptimal control theory analysis is applied to a rotating cylinder partially filled with an inviscid, incompressible fluid. Two models of the system are investigated: (1) a two discrete mass system with fluid inside one mass and the control force applied to the other, and (2) a continuously distributed cylindrical mass system with control force applied to a discrete lower suspension mass. For (2) the method of assumed modes is used to discretize the system and obtain a set of n linear algebraic equations. In both cases the treatment is two dimensional and axial motion of the fluid is considered negligible. In both models, the uncontrolled system, shown by earlier researchers to be inherently unstable, is found to be controllable. The appropriate optimal feedback control is derived and system responses investigated. In addition, both models are shown to be observable. Direct measurement of only a portion of the components of the state vector are sufficient, using a Luenberger Observer, to estimate the entire state vector.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 185, [1] leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/87354en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 8416765en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1982.K642en
dc.subject.lcshControl theoryen
dc.subject.lcshCylindersen
dc.subject.lcshRotational motionen
dc.titleOptimal control of a rotating cylinder partially filled with ideal fluiden
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering Mechanicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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