Direct Application of the Loop Rule to Bond Graphs

1972 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Function ◽  
Direct Reduction ◽  
Direct Application ◽  
Constant Parameter ◽  
Signal Flow Graph ◽  
Bond Graphs ◽  
Flow Graph ◽  
Signal Flow ◽  
Signal Flow Graphs ◽  
Flow Graphs

The Shannon-Mason loop rule permits direct reduction of a linear constant-parameter signal flow graph to a transfer function. Signal flow graphs can be constructed from bond graphs or sets of equations. Application of the loop rule to the parent bond graphs, however, with the aid of certain rules, is shown to be quicker and less prone to error. Also, four invariant classes of bond graph meshes are distinguished, with implications in physical analogies and in computation.

scholarly journals Metabolic control analysis. An application of signal flow graphs

1990 ◽  
Vol 269 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
A K Sen
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Inhibition ◽  
Metabolic Control Analysis ◽  
Control Analysis ◽  
Signal Flow Graph ◽  
Flow Graph ◽  
Signal Flow ◽  
Signal Flow Graphs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Flow Graphs ◽  
Control Coefficients

In this paper the method of signal-flow graphs is used for calculating the Control Coefficients of metabolic pathways in terms of enzyme elasticities. The method is applied to an unbranched pathway (a) without feedback or feedforward regulation and (b) with feedback inhibition of the first enzyme by the last variable metabolite. It is shown that, by using a signal-flow graph, the control structure of a metabolic pathway can be represented in a graphical manner directly from the configuration of the pathway, without the necessity of writing the governing equations in a matrix form. From a signal-flow graph the various Control Coefficients can be evaluated in an easy and straightforward fashion without recourse to matrix inversion or other algebraic techniques. A signal-flow graph also provides a visual framework for analysing the cause-effect relationships of the individual enzymes.

A CRITERION OF A MULTI-LOOP OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 105-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUN-LI HOU ◽  
CHEN-CHUAN HUANG ◽  
JIUN-WEI HORNG
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Graph Representation ◽  
Signal Flow Graph ◽  
Flow Graph ◽  
Oscillator Circuit ◽  
Signal Flow ◽  
Signal Flow Graphs ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Loop Feedback ◽  
Flow Graphs

Multi-loop feedback control has attracted considerable attention due to its simplicity and ease of implementation.1 In order to simplify the cumbersome analysis of a multi-loop circuit, the signal flow graph representation should be used rather than our familiar nodal analysis methods. This paper presents a criterion from the well-established Mason's formula for multi-loop oscillator in terms of signal flow graphs. The multi-loop oscillator circuit based on two operational transresistance amplifiers (OTRAs) is used as an example.

scholarly journals Contextual Equivalence for Signal Flow Graphs

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-96
Author(s):  
Filippo Bonchi ◽  
Robin Piedeleu ◽  
Paweł Sobociński ◽  
Fabio Zanasi
Keyword(s):  
Operational Semantics ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Expressive Power ◽  
Signal Flow Graph ◽  
Flow Graph ◽  
Model Of Computation ◽  
Signal Flow ◽  
Signal Flow Graphs ◽  
Contextual Equivalence ◽  
Flow Graphs

AbstractWe extend the signal flow calculus—a compositional account of the classical signal flow graph model of computation—to encompass affine behaviour, and furnish it with a novel operational semantics. The increased expressive power allows us to define a canonical notion of contextual equivalence, which we show to coincide with denotational equality. Finally, we characterise the realisable fragment of the calculus: those terms that express the computations of (affine) signal flow graphs.

Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control of Tendon-Driven Mechanisms Using Signal Flow Graphs

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Sang Chew ◽  
Theeraphong Wongratanaphisan
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Transfer Function ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Signal Flow ◽  
Signal Flow Graphs ◽  
Loop Transfer Function ◽  
Dynamics And Control ◽  
Flow Graphs ◽  
And Control

Abstract This paper presents the analysis of the kinematics, dynamics and controls of tendon-driven mechanism under the framework of signal flow graphs. For decades, the signal flow graphs have been applied in many areas, particularly in controls, for determining the closed-loop transfer function of a control system. The tendon-driven mechanism considered here consists of several subsystems including actuator-controller dynamics, mechanism kinematics and mechanism dynamics. Each subsystem will be derived and represented by signal flow graphs. The representation of the whole system can be carried out by connecting the graphs of subsystems at the corresponding nodes. Transfer functions can then be obtained by using Mason’s rules. A 3-DOF robot finger utilizing tendon-driven mechanism is used as an illustrative example.

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