International Federation of Automatic Control
3rd IFAC SYMPOSIUM on SYSTEM, STRUCTURE and CONTROL

Foz do Iguassu, Brazil October 17th - 19th, 2007


Wednesday Evening

Session WE1: Algebraic Methods


Chair: Nicos Karcanias - United Kingdom
Co-chair: Petr Husek - Czech Republic
Room: Assunção
2007-10-17
From 16:00 to 18:00
An Algebraic Approach to the Control of Spatially Distributed Systems - the 2-D Systems Case with a Physical Application
Petr Augusta; Zdenek Hurak; Eric Rogers
Contact: Petr Augusta - Czech Republic
16:00-16:20
Abstract:
In this paper, a new approach to computational design of a control system for spatially distributed shift-invariant linear systems is presented that is based on algebraic manipulation with polynomials. The basic ideas are explained using an example of a heat conduction in a long (enough) rod. An array of sensors and heaters is supposed along the rod. Such a system is described by a 2D transfer function, that is, fraction of two bivariate polynomials. Stability conditions are given, Youla-Kucera parametrisation of all stabilising controllers is applied and a simple design procedure for H2-optimal controllers is proposed. Copyright © 2007 IFAC.