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Mechanics and Control

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Editors:
  1. Ramesh S. Guttalu

    1. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. In Honor of Angelo Miele

    1. In Honor of Angelo Miele

      • George Leitmann
      Pages 1-3

  3. A Tribute to Angelo Miele

    1. A Tribute to Angelo Miele

      • Allen R. Stubberud
      Pages 5-7

  4. Control Methodology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Robust Exponential Convergence with Bounded Controllers

      • Martin Corless, G. Leitmann
      Pages 11-20

    3. Entropy Minimization Problems with Linear Constraints, Schrödinger Bridge and a Conditional Sanov Theorem

      • Austin Blaquière, M. Sigal-Pauchard
      Pages 21-39

    4. Second Variation Conditions for the Optimal Control Problem with Normalized Final Time

      • David G. Hull, Christopher N. D’Souza
      Pages 41-48

    5. Identification of the Optimal Lyapunov Function for Systems with Structured Uncertainties

      • Andrew Olas, Ela Olas
      Pages 49-61

    6. A New Tool for Robust Control

      • Argiris G. Soldatos, Chingyei Chung, David M. Auslander
      Pages 63-79

    7. New Directions in the Control of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems

      • Firdaus E. Udwadia, Robert E. Kalaba
      Pages 81-84

    8. Partially Singular Control Trajectories Revisited

      • David J. Bell
      Pages 85-87

  6. Control of Mechanical Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Sequential Design of a Linear Quadratic Controller for the Deep Space Network Antennas

      • Wodek Gawronski
      Pages 165-185

    3. Maneuvering and Control of Space Structures

      • Leonard Meirovitch
      Pages 187-199
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About this book

The Workshop on Control Mechanics has been held at the University of South­ ern California annually since 1988 under the leadership of late Professor Janislaw M. Skowronski. The primary goal of Professor Skowronski in organizing this series of work­ shops was to promote the use of advanced mechanics method in control theory with a special emphasis on the control of nonlinear mechanical systems subject to uncertainty. This goal has been achieved through a consistent participation of a large number of researchers in the field of control and mechanics and an intensive exchange of their ideas. Professor Skowronski passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 1992, after the conclusion of the Fifth Workshop. The great success of the Fifth Workshop as well as the entire Control Mechanics Workshops over the years is almost exclusively due to his dedication, enthusiasm, and organizational capabilities. His untimely demise is a great loss to us and to the mechanics and control community. The proceedings of the Fifth Workshop presented in this volume are dedicated to Professor Angelo Miele, one of the pioneers and ,a leading contributor in many fields of control theory and its applications. His contribution spans a wide range of topics such as optimization theory, flight mechanics, astrodynamics, ocean engineering, and numerical methods. The presentations in the workshop reflected many of the areas in which Professor Miele has been active. The papers included in this volume are divided into three major groups of topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Ramesh S. Guttalu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mechanics and Control

  • Editors: Ramesh S. Guttalu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2425-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44669-6Published: 30 April 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6029-2Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2425-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 356

  • Topics: Social Work, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Health & Hospitals

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