Effects of time delays on the stability of collocated and noncollocated point control of discrete dynamic structural systems (Q1893050)

The effects of time delays on collocated as well as noncollocated point control of discrete dynamic systems have been examined. Controllers of proportional-integral-derivative type have been considered. Analytical estimates of time delays to maintain/obtain stability for small gains have been given. It is shown that undamped structural systems cannot be stabilized with pure velocity (or integral) feedback without time delays while using a controller which is not collocated with the sensor when the mass matrix is diagonal.