H∞ Control for Externally Excited Building Structures with Active Mass Damper under Actuator Saturation

This paper investigates the application of active mass dampers to mitigate the vibrations of building structures subjected to unknown external excitations under controller saturation conditions. By utilizing an H∞ control strategy, the optimal state feedback controller is derived by solving the linear matrix inequality problem for controller saturation. Case studies show that the proposed controller is capable of stabilizing the closed-loop system with good control performance and effectively suppressing vibrations in building structures under unknown external excitation. When compared to controllers that do not consider saturation, the proposed controller requires lower gain and results in reduced energy consumption. The research findings provide valuable insights for addressing real-world building structure control problems, contributing to both theoretical significance and practical applications.

Synchronous Control of Complex Networks with Fuzzy Connections

This article is based on the T-S fuzzy control theory and investigates the synchronization control problem of complex networks with fuzzy connections. Firstly, the main stability equation of a complex network system is obtained, which can determine the stability of the synchronous manifold. Secondly, the main stable system is fuzzified, and based on fuzzy control theory, the control design of the fuzzified main stable system is carried out to obtain a coupling matrix that enables the complex network to achieve complete synchronization. The numerical analysis results indicate that the control method proposed in this paper can effectively achieve synchronization control of complex networks, while also controlling the transition time for the network to achieve synchronization.

Time-Delay Effects on Synchronization of Coupled Slow-Fast Systems

Time-delay effects on synchronization features of delay-coupled slow-fast van der Pol systems are investigated in the present paper. The synchronization mechanism of “slow-manifold adjustment” is firstly described on the basis of geometric singular perturbation theory. Then, the impact of time delay on the structure of the slow manifold of synchronized system is obtained by using the method of stability switch, and thus, time-delay effects on synchronization features are stated. It is shown the time delay cannot qualitatively affect the synchronization mechanism, however, it can result in the drift of the optimal coupling strength.

Time-delay effects on the dynamics of Linard type equation with fast and slow variables

Time-delay efects on the dynamics of Li′enard type equation with one fast variable and one slow variable are investigated in the present paper.By using the methods of stability switch and geometric singular perturbation,time-delay-induced complex oscillations and bursting are investigated,and in several case studies,the mechanism of the generation of the complex oscillations and bursting is illuminated.Numerical results demonstrate the validity of the theoretical results.

New Solutions for an Elliptic Equation Method and Its Applications in Nonlinear Evolution Equations

In this paper, we study an elliptic equation with four distinct real roots and obtain five new solutions to this type of elliptic equation. Using these obtained new elliptic function solutions we can construct a series of explicit exact solutions for many nonlinear evolution equations. As examples, we choose combined KdV-MKdV equation, a fourth-order integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equation and generalized Dullin-Gottwald-Holm equation to demonstrate the effectiveness of these new elliptic function solutions. These new elliptic function solutions can be applied to many other nonlinear evolution equations.

Synchronization of Transient Delay-Coupled Network

A transient delay-coupled network was proposed by modifying the standard delay-coupled network with a transient coupling technique to enlarge the synchronization domain of the network, where the synchronization domain is the interval of the coupling strength for which the network gets synchronized. The coupling of the transient delay-coupled network is activated when the systems are in a particular region (coupling region) of the phase space and inactivated otherwise, which is different from the standard coupling. The specific synchronization performance of the transient delay-coupled network was investigated through case studies. The relationships between the synchronization domain and the coupling region were obtained by gauging the synchronization index. It is understood that the synchronization domain changes in a non-smooth manner with the variation of the coupling region. In particular, the synchronization domain of a transient delay-coupled network is much larger than that of the standard delay-coupled network when the coupling region is appropriately determined.