Boundary control of an axially moving hybrid system of elasticity with mass-rotary rollers

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate various stabilisation problems of a hybrid system of elasticity, consisting of a thin tape, which moves axially between two sets of rollers. We present a control solution, which works simultaneously, for three variants of the tape model. In particular, we design boundary feedback control laws via Lyapunov's second method. The resulting closed-loop system for the general case is then analysed, where we prove the existence and uniqueness of solution using the semigroup theory of linear operators; furthermore, we prove the exponential decay of the solution via a frequency domain theorem. The stabilisation of the two other special cases is derived implicitly from the general case proofs presented in the paper. Finally, the paper is concluded by presenting computer simulations to support the theoretical results.