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Smart Structures and Systems Volume 14, Number 6, December 2014, pages 1081-1103 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sss.2014.14.6.1081 |
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Feedforward actuator controller development using the backward-difference method for real-time hybrid simulation |
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Brian M. Phillips, Shuta Takada, B.F. Spencer, Jr. and Yozo Fujino
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| Abstract | ||
| Real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) has emerged as an important tool for testing large and complex structures with a focus on rate-dependent specimen behavior. Due to the real-time constraints, accurate dynamic control of servo-hydraulic actuators is required. These actuators are necessary to realize the desired displacements of the specimen, however they introduce unwanted dynamics into the RTHS loop. Model-based actuator control strategies are based on linearized models of the servo-hydraulic system, where the controller is taken as the model inverse to effectively cancel out the servo-hydraulic dynamics (i.e., model-based feedforward control). An accurate model of a servo-hydraulic system generally contains more poles than zeros, leading to an improper inverse (i.e., more zeros than poles). Rather than introduce additional poles to create a proper inverse controller, the higher order derivatives necessary for implementing the improper inverse can be calculated from available information. The backward-difference method is proposed as an alternative to discretize an improper continuous time model for use as a feedforward controller in RTHS. This method is flexible in that derivatives of any order can be explicitly calculated such that controllers can be developed for models of any order. Using model-based feedforward control with the backward-difference method, accurate actuator control and stable RTHS are demonstrated using a nine-story steel building model implemented with an MR damper. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| hybrid simulation; real-time hybrid simulation; actuator control, backward-difference method | ||
| Address | ||
| Brian M. Phillips: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Shuta Takada and Yozo Fujino: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan B.F. Spencer, Jr.: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA | ||