Input-constrained chaos synchronization of horizontal platform systems via a model predictive controller

Xinwei Wang, Jie Liu, Haijun Peng, Lingchong Gao, Johannes Fottner, Pengliang Liu

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Abstract

Horizontal platform systems are mechanical systems that can exhibit both periodic and chaotic behaviour. Various control techniques have been developed to solve their chaos synchronization. However, the avoidance of control saturation is rarely considered in existing control techniques. In this paper, a model predictive controller is developed to address the input-constrained chaos synchronization of horizontal platform systems. To meet the requirements of computational efficiency, the highly efficient symplectic pseudospectral method is taken as the core solver of the model predictive controller. Two methods to impose the terminal boundary condition are considered. And two indices, i.e., the approximate synchronization time and the synchronization-consumed energy, are proposed to evaluate the synchronization performance. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the developed model predictive controller can achieve faster synchronization while owns better robustness under various kinds of external disturbances when compared to several feedback controllers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4862-4872
Number of pages11
JournalProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
Volume235
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2021

Keywords

  • Horizontal platform system
  • approximated synchronization time
  • chaos synchronization
  • model predictive control
  • symplectic pseudospectral method
  • synchronization-consumed energy

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