scholarly journals Frequency-Domain Identification of Linear Time-Periodic Systems Using LTI Techniques

Author(s):  
Matthew S. Allen

A variety of systems can be faithfully modeled as linear with coefficients that vary periodically with time or linear time-periodic (LTP). Examples include anisotropic rotor-bearing systems, wind turbines, and nonlinear systems linearized about a periodic trajectory. Many of these have been treated analytically in the literature, yet few methods exist for experimentally characterizing LTP systems. This paper presents a set of tools that can be used to identify a parametric model of a LTP system, using a frequency-domain approach and employing existing algorithms to perform parameter identification. One of the approaches is based on lifting the response to obtain an equivalent linear time-invariant (LTI) form and the other based is on Fourier series expansion. The development focuses on the preprocessing steps needed to apply LTI identification to the measurements, the postprocessing needed to reconstruct the LTP model from the identification results, and the interpretation of the measurements. This elucidates the similarities between LTP and LTI identification, allowing the experimentalist to transfer insight between the two. The approach determines the model order of the system and the postprocessing reveals the shapes of the time-periodic functions comprising the LTP model. Further postprocessing is also presented, which allows one to generate the state transition and time-varying state matrices of the system from the output of the LTI identification routine, so long as the measurement set is adequate. The experimental techniques are demonstrated on simulated measurements from a Jeffcott rotor mounted on an anisotropic flexible shaft supported by anisotropic bearings.

Author(s):  
Arindam Chakraborty ◽  
Jayati Dey

The guaranteed simultaneous stabilization of two linear time-invariant plants is achieved by continuous-time periodic controller with high controller frequency. Simultaneous stabilization is accomplished by means of pole-placement along with robust zero error tracking to either of two plants. The present work also proposes an efficient design methodology for the same. The periodic controller designed and synthesized for realizable bounded control input with the proposed methodology is always possible to implement with guaranteed simultaneous stabilization for two plants. Simulation and experimental results establish the veracity of the claim.


Author(s):  
Matthew S. Allen

A variety of systems can be faithfully modeled as linear with coefficients that vary periodically with time or Linear Time-Periodic (LTP). Examples include anisotropic rotorbearing systems, wind turbines, satellite systems, etc… A number of powerful techniques have been presented in the past few decades, so that one might expect to model or control an LTP system with relative ease compared to time varying systems in general. However, few, if any, methods exist for experimentally characterizing LTP systems. This work seeks to produce a set of tools that can be used to characterize LTP systems completely through experiment. While such an approach is commonplace for LTI systems, all current methods for time varying systems require either that the system parameters vary slowly with time or else simply identify a few parameters of a pre-defined model to response data. A previous work presented two methods by which system identification techniques for linear time invariant (LTI) systems could be used to identify a response model for an LTP system from free response data. One of these allows the system’s model order to be determined exactly as if the system were linear time-invariant. This work presents a means whereby the response model identified in the previous work can be used to generate the full state transition matrix and the underlying time varying state matrix from an identified LTP response model and illustrates the entire system-identification process using simulated response data for a Jeffcott rotor in anisotropic bearings.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Mallory ◽  
R. Doraiswami

A robust scheme to estimate a set of models for a linear time-invariant system, subject to perturbations in the physical parameters, from a frequency response data record is proposed. The true model as well as the disturbances affecting the system are assumed unknown. However, the physical parameters are assumed to enter the coefficients of the system transfer function multilinearly. A set of models is identified by perturbing the physical parameters one-at-time and using a frequency domain identification technique. Exploiting the assumed multilinearity, the estimated set of models is validated. The proposed scheme is evaluated on a number of simulated systems, and on a physical robot manipulator arm.


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