Control and stabilization of waves on 1-d networks
Zuazua E (2013)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2013
Journal
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Edited Volumes: Modelling and Optimisation of Flows on Networks
Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Book Volume: 2062
Pages Range: 463-493
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32160-3_9
Abstract
We present some recent results on control and stabilization of waves on 1-d networks.The fine time-evolution of solutions of wave equations on networks and, consequently, their control theoretical properties, depend in a subtle manner on the topology of the network under consideration and also on the number theoretical properties of the lengths of the strings entering in it. Therefore, the overall picture is quite complex.In this paper we summarize some of the existing results on the problem of controllability that, by classical duality arguments in control theory, can be reduced to that of observability of the adjoint uncontrolled system. The problem of observability refers to that of recovering the total energy of solutions by means of measurements made on some internal or external nodes of the network. They lead, by duality, to controllability results guaranteeing that L 2-controls located on those nodes may drive sufficiently smooth solutions to equilibrium at a final time. Most of our results in this context, obtained in collaboration with R. Dáger, refer to the problem of controlling the network from one single external node. It is, to some extent, the most complex situation since, obviously, increasing the number of controllers enhances the controllability properties of the system. Our methods of proof combine sidewise energy estimates (that in the particular case under consideration can be derived by simply applying the classical d'Alembert's formula), Fourier series representations, non-harmonic Fourier analysis, and number theoretical tools.These control results belong to the class of the so-called open-loop control systems.We then discuss the problem of closed-loop control or stabilization by feedback. We present a recent result, obtained in collaboration with J. Valein, showing that the observability results previously derived, regardless of the method of proof employed, can also be recast a posteriori in the context of stabilization, so to derive explicit decay rates (as) for the energy of smooth solutions. The decay rate depends in a very sensitive manner on the topology of the network and the number theoretical properties of the lengths of the strings entering in it.In the end of the article we also present some challenging open problems. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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APA:
Zuazua, E. (2013). Control and stabilization of waves on 1-d networks. In Benedetto Piccoli, Michel Rascle (Eds.), Modelling and Optimisation of Flows on Networks. (pp. 463-493). Springer Verlag.
MLA:
Zuazua, Enrique. "Control and stabilization of waves on 1-d networks." Modelling and Optimisation of Flows on Networks. Ed. Benedetto Piccoli, Michel Rascle, Springer Verlag, 2013. 463-493.
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