Because of its light weight, broadband, and adaptable properties, smart material has been widely applied in the active vibration control (AVC) of flexible structures. Based on a firstorder shear deformation theory, ...Because of its light weight, broadband, and adaptable properties, smart material has been widely applied in the active vibration control (AVC) of flexible structures. Based on a firstorder shear deformation theory, by coupling the electrical and mechanical operation, a 4-node quadrilateral piezoelectric composite element with 24 degrees of freedom for generalized displacements and one electrical potential degree of freedom per piezoelectric layer was derived. Dynamic characteristics of a beam with discontinuously distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators were presented. A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) feedback controller was designed to suppress the vibration of the beam in the state space using the high precise direct (HPD) integration method.展开更多
This paper studies the strong n(n =—1,0)-discount and finite horizon criteria for continuoustime Markov decision processes in Polish spaces.The corresponding transition rates are allowed to be unbounded,and the rewar...This paper studies the strong n(n =—1,0)-discount and finite horizon criteria for continuoustime Markov decision processes in Polish spaces.The corresponding transition rates are allowed to be unbounded,and the reward rates may have neither upper nor lower bounds.Under mild conditions,the authors prove the existence of strong n(n =—1,0)-discount optimal stationary policies by developing two equivalence relations:One is between the standard expected average reward and strong—1-discount optimality,and the other is between the bias and strong 0-discount optimality.The authors also prove the existence of an optimal policy for a finite horizon control problem by developing an interesting characterization of a canonical triplet.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51079027).
文摘Because of its light weight, broadband, and adaptable properties, smart material has been widely applied in the active vibration control (AVC) of flexible structures. Based on a firstorder shear deformation theory, by coupling the electrical and mechanical operation, a 4-node quadrilateral piezoelectric composite element with 24 degrees of freedom for generalized displacements and one electrical potential degree of freedom per piezoelectric layer was derived. Dynamic characteristics of a beam with discontinuously distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators were presented. A linear quadratic regulator (LQR) feedback controller was designed to suppress the vibration of the beam in the state space using the high precise direct (HPD) integration method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61374080 and 61374067the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province under Grant No.LY12F03010+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo under Grant No.2012A610032Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘This paper studies the strong n(n =—1,0)-discount and finite horizon criteria for continuoustime Markov decision processes in Polish spaces.The corresponding transition rates are allowed to be unbounded,and the reward rates may have neither upper nor lower bounds.Under mild conditions,the authors prove the existence of strong n(n =—1,0)-discount optimal stationary policies by developing two equivalence relations:One is between the standard expected average reward and strong—1-discount optimality,and the other is between the bias and strong 0-discount optimality.The authors also prove the existence of an optimal policy for a finite horizon control problem by developing an interesting characterization of a canonical triplet.