Variable-Geometry Motion Control of an Aircraft Door

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-199
Author(s):  
L. Beiner

The paper deals with the motion control of an aircraft door hinged at its lower edge. The door opens under the influence of weight, restrained by cross-mounted air springs and dampers. The goal is to mechanically control the motion so as to bring the door in a specified time from rest at a specified initial position to rest at a specified final position, while minimizing the peak force in the dampers. It is shown that such a velocity profile requires to engage the dampers at an optimized position and simultaneously start to modulate the spring moment so that it equals the weight moment at the final position. A variable-geometry solution is proposed consisting of a mechanical feedback in which the door rotation drives an elongation of the spring levers via bevel gears and screw leads. The associated double two point boundary value problem is solved by casting it into a constrained optimization form, yielding the required damper engagement position, the amount of spring lever extension and the damper lever length. The approach is illustrated by a design example.

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-792
Author(s):  
Youyu Wang ◽  
Weigao Ge

Abstract In this paper, we consider the existence of multiple positive solutions for the 2𝑛th order 𝑚-point boundary value problem: where (0,1), 0 < ξ 1 < ξ 2 < ⋯ < ξ 𝑚–2 < 1. Using the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem, we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of at least three positive solutions to the above boundary value problem. The associated Green's function for the above problem is also given.


SeMA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Rodríguez-López ◽  
Rakesh Tiwari

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to introduce a new class of mixed contractions which allow to revise and generalize some results obtained in [6] by R. Gubran, W. M. Alfaqih and M. Imdad. We also provide an example corresponding to this class of mappings and show how the new fixed point result relates to the above-mentioned result in [6]. Further, we present an application to the solvability of a two-point boundary value problem for second order differential equations.


Author(s):  
A. George Maria Selvam ◽  
Jehad Alzabut ◽  
R. Dhineshbabu ◽  
S. Rashid ◽  
M. Rehman

Abstract The results reported in this paper are concerned with the existence and uniqueness of solutions of discrete fractional order two-point boundary value problem. The results are developed by employing the properties of Caputo and Riemann–Liouville fractional difference operators, the contraction mapping principle and the Brouwer fixed point theorem. Furthermore, the conditions for Hyers–Ulam stability and Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability of the proposed discrete fractional boundary value problem are established. The applicability of the theoretical findings has been demonstrated with relevant practical examples. The analysis of the considered mathematical models is illustrated by figures and presented in tabular forms. The results are compared and the occurrence of overlapping/non-overlapping has been discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-566
Author(s):  
B. Půža

Abstract Sufficient conditions of solvability and unique solvability of the boundary value problem u (m)(t) = f(t, u(τ 11(t)), . . . , u(τ 1k (t)), . . . , u (m–1)(τ m1(t)), . . . . . . , u (m–1)(τ mk (t))), u(t) = 0, for t ∉ [a, b], u (i–1)(a) = 0 (i = 1, . . . , m – 1), u (m–1)(b) = 0, are established, where τ ij : [a, b] → R (i = 1, . . . , m; j = 1, . . . , k) are measurable functions and the vector function f : ]a, b[×Rkmn → Rn is measurable in the first and continuous in the last kmn arguments; moreover, this function may have nonintegrable singularities with respect to the first argument.


Author(s):  
John Locker ◽  
P. M. Prenter

AbstractLet L, T, S, and R be closed densely defined linear operators from a Hubert space X into X where L can be factored as L = TS + R. The equation Lu = f is equivalent to the linear system Tv + Ru = f and Su = v. If Lu = f is a two-point boundary value problem, numerical solution of the split system admits cruder approximations than the unsplit equations. This paper develops the theory of such splittings together with the theory of the Methods of Least Squares and of Collocation for the split system. Error estimates in both L2 and L∞ norms are obtained for both methods.


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