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Lecture

Passivity in Mass-Spring Systems

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ME-523: Nonlinear Control Systems

Les systèmes non linéaires sont analysés en vue d'établir des lois de commande. On présente la stabilité au sens de Lyapunov, ainsi que des méthodes de commande géométrique (linéarisation exacte). Divers exemples illustrent la théorie (exercices papier cra ...

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This lecture covers the concept of passivity in mass-spring systems, focusing on determining energy functions, calculating transfer functions, and ensuring system passivity through feedback assembly. The instructor demonstrates the process with numerical examples and state representations, emphasizing the importance of pole and zero positions. The lecture concludes with a discussion on Lyapunov equations and conditions for passive systems, validating the theoretical results through practical exercises.

Instructor

Philippe Müllhaupt

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Zeros and poles

In complex analysis (a branch of mathematics), a pole is a certain type of singularity of a complex-valued function of a complex variable. It is the simplest type of non-removable singularity of such a function (see essential singularity). Technically, a point z0 is a pole of a function f if it is a zero of the function 1/f and 1/f is holomorphic (i.e. complex differentiable) in some neighbourhood of z0. A function f is meromorphic in an open set U if for every point z of U there is a neighborhood of z in which either f or 1/f is holomorphic.

Helmholtz free energy

In thermodynamics, the Helmholtz free energy (or Helmholtz energy) is a thermodynamic potential that measures the useful work obtainable from a closed thermodynamic system at a constant temperature (isothermal). The change in the Helmholtz energy during a process is equal to the maximum amount of work that the system can perform in a thermodynamic process in which temperature is held constant. At constant temperature, the Helmholtz free energy is minimized at equilibrium.

Complex analysis

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