H∞ Loop Shaping Controller for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators

• Published in: Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control pp. 653 - 658
• Main Authors: Jayender, J., Patel, R.V., Nikumb, S., Ostojic, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2005
• Subjects: Actuators; Cooling; Equations; Fermi-Dirac principle; Heating; Physics; Robust control; robust loop-shaping H-infinity controller; Shape control; Shape Memory Alloy; Shape memory alloys; Strain control; Temperature distribution

This paper describes a Robust H ∞ Controller for a Shape Memory Alloy actuator. A formulation based on concepts from physics, has been used to model the Shape Memory Alloy (SMA). The modelling equations include Joules heating - convectional cooling to explain the dynamics of temperature, Fermi-Dirac...