LFT REPRESENTATIONS FOR NONLINEAR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Jihao Luo* Panagiotis Tsiotras**
* Maxtor Corporation, 333 South St., Shrewsbury, MA 01545
** School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
In this paper, we present a systematic methodology for constructing LFT representations for general mechanical systems derived via Lagranges equations. The LFT representation allows for any nonlinear matrix second-order mechanical system to be transformed into an interconnection of an LTI system with a diagonal uncertainty block. This uncertainty block is, in fact, state-dependent. Sufficient conditions that ensure well-posedness of the LFT interconnection are given. Using such LFT representations, the stability properties of the system can then be analyzed using Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs).
Keywords: Mechanical Systems, Linear Fractional Transformations
Session slot T-We-A21: Posters of Nonlinear Systems/Area code 2c : Non-linear Systems

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