Generalizing negative imaginary systems theory to include free body dynamics: Control of highly resonant structures with free body motion

MA Mabrok, AG Kallapur, IR Petersen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Negative imaginary (NI) systems play an important role in the robust control of highly
resonant flexible structures. In this paper, a generalized NI system framework is presented. A …

On LTI output strictly negative-imaginary systems

P Bhowmick, S Patra - Systems & Control Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the notion of output strictly negative-imaginary systems. A definition is
given for the class of output strictly negative-imaginary systems and a lemma is proposed to …

Stability analysis of interconnected systems with “mixed” negative-imaginary and small-gain properties

S Patra, A Lanzon - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, an analytical framework is proposed to examine stability of two stable, linear
time invariant systems interconnected in positive feedback where the systems have “mixed” …

Spectral conditions for negative imaginary systems with applications to nanopositioning

MA Mabrok, AG Kallapur, IR Petersen… - … ASME Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The negative imaginary (NI) property is exhibited by many systems such as flexible
structures with force actuators and position sensors and can be used to prove the robust …

A generalized negative imaginary lemma and Riccati-based static state-feedback negative imaginary synthesis

M Mabrok, AG Kallapur, IR Petersen, A Lanzon - Systems & Control Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a generalized negative imaginary lemma based on a generalized
negative imaginary system definition. Then, an algebraic Riccati equation method is given to …

On non-proper negative imaginary systems

M Liu, J Xiong - Systems & Control Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper studies non-proper negative imaginary systems. First, the concept of negative
imaginary transfer functions that may have poles at the origin and infinity is introduced …

Robust performance analysis for uncertain negative‐imaginary systems

Z Song, A Lanzon, S Patra… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Negative‐imaginary systems are important in engineering practice as this class of systems
appears quite often in practical problems, for example, lightly damped flexible structures with …

A strongly strict negative-imaginary lemma for non-minimal linear systems

A Lanzon, S Patra, IR Petersen, Z Song - … in Information and Systems, 2011 - intlpress.com
A state-space characterization is given for strongly strict negative-imaginary systems. It
facilitates both robust analysis and synthesis methods for interconnected negative-imaginary …

Robust stabilization of LTI negative imaginary systems using the nearest negative imaginary controller

M Mabrok, M Abdelrahim - IET Control Theory & Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper considers the problem of robust stabilization of linear time‐invariant systems with
respect to unmodelled dynamics and structure uncertainties. To that end, a methodology to …

An observer-based control scheme using negative-imaginary theory

P Bhowmick, S Patra - Automatica, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a full-order state observer-based scheme that transforms a causal, LTI,
minimally realized system into a strongly strict negative-imaginary system by defining an …