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Control of a Beam and Ball System with Arbitrarily Shaped Smooth Beams

Abstract

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This thesis develops a general model for the problem of controlling a ball on a curved beam for any beam defined by y = f(x). The model is converted to dimensionless parameters and simulated. The performance of LQR with a model for the motor in the controls lab at the University of Maryland College Park is studied and a different nonlinear control method is investigated. The effects of feedback delay and increased sampling interval are studied.

Degree

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Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical Engineering
Year dc:date.issued
2020

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Lee, Ryan Khaw
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Levine, William

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en

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oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/26759

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Lee, Ryan Khaw. Control of a Beam and Ball System with Arbitrarily Shaped Smooth Beams. 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/26759