Design of noise and period-time robust high-order repetitive control, with application to optical storage

Repetitive control is useful if periodic disturbances or setpoints act on a control system. Perfect (asymptotic) disturbance rejection is achieved if the period time is exactly known. The improved disturbance rejection at the periodic frequency and its harmonics is achieved at the expense of a degraded system sensitivity at intermediate frequencies. A convex optimization problem is defined for the design of high-order repetitive controllers, where a trade-off can be made between robustness for changes in the period time and for reduction of the error spectrum in-between the harmonic frequencies. The high-order repetitive control algorithms are successfully applied in experiments with the tracking control of a CD-player system.     

Mathematical modeling and optimization of intratumor drug transport

A pseudohyperbolic problem of optimal control of intratumoral drug distribution is formulated. It takes into account the heterogeneity of tumor tissues and effects of convection diffusion in a fissured porous medium. A mathematical model constructed and the corresponding optimal control problem are shown to be correct. __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 6, pp. 147–154, November–December 2007.     

Robust control of polytopic systems by convex optimization

Robust control synthesis of linear time-invariant SISO polytopic systems is investigated using the polynomial approach. A convex set of all stabilizing controllers for a polytopic system is given over an infinite-dimensional space. A finite-dimensional approximation of this set is obtained using the orthonormal basis functions and represented by a set of LMIs thanks to the KYP lemma. Then, an LMI based convex optimization problem for robust pole placement with sensitivity function shaping in two- and infinity-norm is proposed. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Varying Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating on the Levitated Dipole Experiment

Plasmas in the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) are formed and sustained currently via two electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) sources: 2.5 kW at 2.45 GHz and 2.5 kW at 6.4 GHz. An important topic being investigated is how varying the ECRH affects the confinement and stability of the plasma. We report the results of using different operational combinations of our RF sources, such as varying the power composition, changing the power levels, and sequencing of the onset time.     

On the Fundamental Limits of Topology Control in Ad Hoc Networks

We prove two results that provide new fundamental limits for topology control in large ad hoc and sensor networks. First, we show that it remains true under very general conditions that the maximum expected node degree must grow to infinity at least logarithmically if we want to maintain asymptotic connectivity. This has been known so far only for much more special models than ours. Building on this result, we prove a new fundamental limit regarding link dynamics, which means the worst case length ratio of the longest and shortest link adjacent to the same node. We prove that if link dynamics remains bounded, then no topology control algorithm can keep a large network connected with high probability. Moreover, bounded link dynamics prevents connectivity in the limit without any a priori assumption on node degrees or transmission ranges. Our results hold in a model that is much more general than the frequently used assumption of uniformly distributed nodes in a regularly shaped planar domain. Our more abstract setting also aims at finding (hopefully) more robust and elegant proofs that have less dependence on the special geometry. Since link dynamics is expected to be bounded in practice, the results strenghten the theoretical basis for the argument that a very large ad hoc or sensor network is unable to maintain connectivity if it has a flat, random organization without additional structure. Supported in part by NSF Grants ANI-0220001 and CCF-0634848.     

压力容器材料质量控制的几个重要环节

针对压力容器材料方面存在的问题,从设计、采购、检验、制造等环节进行了分析,根据实际情况确定材料的质量控制要点。材料使用前要通过各种检测手段,判断材料的真实性,确保所用材料合格;并应从设计、选材、采购、计划、填报内容和选择可靠的供应方等方面加以控制,确保材料的正确使用,为压力容器产品的材料控制提供借鉴。     

Modeling of a multisector ecological economic system with lags

A model of a diversified ecological economic system with lags is proposed and investigated using sufficient optimality conditions. A turnpike solution of the problem, boundary trajectories, and control switchpoints are found. __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 2, pp. 114–122, March–April 2007.     

川东北五宝场构造沙溪庙组储层特征

五宝场构造中侏罗统沙溪庙组气藏是目前川东北地区在沙溪庙组地层中首先发现的气藏，也是川渝地区低效油气合作开发的重点目标。为此，通过沉积相、物性、横向分布等多方面分析研究，确定沙溪庙组储层具有以下特征：以中砂质粗粒、粗砂质中粒岩屑长石砂岩为主，岩性质纯、性脆；具有低胶结物含量、低成分成熟度、高结构成熟度岩石学特征；储集空间可分为洞穴、孔隙、裂缝和喉道3大类12个亚类，以次生溶孔为主要储集空间；裂缝是油气渗滤的主要通道，储集类型以裂缝-孔隙型为主；孔隙结构特征表现为：分选中等偏低、中低孔隙度中小喉型；加砂压裂对沟通储层、改造储层效果较好；沙二段底部嘉祥寨砂岩储层物性好、横向可追踪，是勘探首选产气层。