Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations

In this paper, a novel concept of nonlinear controller design is proposed, which is applicable to nonlinear systems subject to external periodic disturbances. At first, by employing a pioneering nonlinear coordinate transformation, a new nonlinear system model with expected dynamic characteristics i...

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Main Authors: Fei Ni, Qinghua Zheng, Junqi Xu, Guobin Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8895958/
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Qinghua Zheng
Junqi Xu
Guobin Lin
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Guobin Lin
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description In this paper, a novel concept of nonlinear controller design is proposed, which is applicable to nonlinear systems subject to external periodic disturbances. At first, by employing a pioneering nonlinear coordinate transformation, a new nonlinear system model with expected dynamic characteristics is derived. Then, a corresponding linear system is achieved by means of linearization techniques at equilibrium points. Next, based on the results of classical linear control theory, a linear quadratic regulator is applied to the resulted linear system. Finally, the nonlinear controller can be obtained through the inverse nonlinear coordinate transformation of the linear feedback controller. The performance of the proposed method is validated on a magnetic levitation system and is compared with the classical linearization feedback control. Simulation results show that the proposed controller design assures enhanced performance in terms of both system stabilization and disturbance attenuation.
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spelling doaj.art-0cd311a3ae1549bf8d928d28fff8b77c2022-12-21T22:50:34ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-01716444416445210.1109/ACCESS.2019.29529008895958Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate TransformationsFei Ni0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-7488Qinghua Zheng1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-8017Junqi Xu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-6033Guobin Lin3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6583-4896Maglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaMaglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaMaglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaMaglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaIn this paper, a novel concept of nonlinear controller design is proposed, which is applicable to nonlinear systems subject to external periodic disturbances. At first, by employing a pioneering nonlinear coordinate transformation, a new nonlinear system model with expected dynamic characteristics is derived. Then, a corresponding linear system is achieved by means of linearization techniques at equilibrium points. Next, based on the results of classical linear control theory, a linear quadratic regulator is applied to the resulted linear system. Finally, the nonlinear controller can be obtained through the inverse nonlinear coordinate transformation of the linear feedback controller. The performance of the proposed method is validated on a magnetic levitation system and is compared with the classical linearization feedback control. Simulation results show that the proposed controller design assures enhanced performance in terms of both system stabilization and disturbance attenuation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8895958/Magnetic levitation systemcoordinate transformationlinear quadratic regulatornonlinear feedbackdisturbance attenuation
spellingShingle Fei Ni
Qinghua Zheng
Junqi Xu
Guobin Lin
Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
IEEE Access
Magnetic levitation system
coordinate transformation
linear quadratic regulator
nonlinear feedback
disturbance attenuation
title Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
title_full Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
title_fullStr Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
title_full_unstemmed Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
title_short Nonlinear Control of a Magnetic Levitation System Based on Coordinate Transformations
title_sort nonlinear control of a magnetic levitation system based on coordinate transformations
topic Magnetic levitation system
coordinate transformation
linear quadratic regulator
nonlinear feedback
disturbance attenuation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8895958/
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