Damping of harmonic disturbances in sampled-data systems -- parameterization of all optimal controllers (Q1858374)

The paper is concerned with the optimal damping of harmonic disturbances for sampled-data systems. The objective is to design a discrete-time controller for a continuous-time system which is subject to harmonic disturbances with known frequencies but unknown magnitudes and phases. The intersample behaviour is taken into account by defining the control performance in terms of an infinite-horizon continuous-time quadratic cost which is expressed in terms of a discrete-time transfer function. Since the cost depends on the frequency response at the disturbance frequencies only, the set of all stabilizing optimal controllers can be parametrized in terms of the Youla parametrization and a set of interpolation constraints. To illustrate the procedure, the authors consider an experimental vibration process where an excentric mass is attached to a rotating motor shaft.