Robust Control Engineering

Introduction. QFT Robust Control. Unstable Systems and Control Solutions. Time-Delay and Non-Minimum Phase Systems. Distributed Parameter Systems. Gain Scheduling/Switching Control Solutions. Nonlinear Dynamic Control. Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems: Analysis and Control. Control Topologies. Controller Implementation. Case Study 1: Satellite Control. Case Study 2: Wind Turbine Control. Case Study 3: Wastewater Treatment Plant Control. Case Study 4: Radio-Telescope Control. Case Study 5: Attitude and Position Control of Spacecraft Telescopes with Flexible Appendages. Appendix 1: Projects and Problems. Appendix 2: QFT Control Toolbox—User’s Guide. Appendix 3: Algorithm—Nyquist Stability Criterion in Nichols Chart. Appendix 4: Algorithms—Smith Predictor Robust Control. Appendix 5: Algorithms—DPS Robust Control. Appendix 6: Algorithms—Gain Scheduling/Switching Control. Appendix 7: Algorithms—Nonlinear Dynamic Control. Appendix 8: Algorithms—MIMO Robust Control. Appendix 9: Conversion of Units.