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  • TITLE: Robust control design of a high performance flexible electro-mechanical system
  • AUTHORS: Chait, Y. and Steinbuch, M.
  • ABSTRACT: This chapter considers the design and implementation of robust multivariable controllers applied to a Compact Disc mechanism. The design objective is to achieve good track-following and focusing performance in the presence of disturbances and structured uncertainty in the plant dynamics. In particular, the plant dynamics include lightly damped mechanical vibration modes. The robust performance problem has been solved in the m-framework using the DK-iteration scheme and using a new, inversion-free, multivariable Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) technique. Implementation results of both designs in a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) environment are reported. The efficacy of the two design techniques as applied to this class of problems is discussed.
  • STATUS: To appear in Structural Dynamics Systems Computational Techniques and Optimization
  • DATE OF ENTRY: October 25, 1996
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