A method for integrated control/structure optimization by multilevel decomposition is presented. It is shown that several previously reported methods were actually partial decompositions wherein only the control was decomposed into a subsystem design. One of these partially decomposed problems was selected as a benchmark example for comparison. The system is fully decomposed into structural and control subsystem designs and an improved design is produced. Theory, implementation, and results for the method are presented and compared with the benchmark example.
Integrated control/structure optimization by multilevel decomposition
AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference ; 1990 ; Long Beach, CA, United States
1990-03-01
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English