Robust Design of Control Systems with Physical System Variances

2009-01-1041

04/20/2009

Event
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Today’s automotive control system engineering requires precision and accuracy. The cost of a controller designed with conservative margins may increase significantly, causing the design, when produced and marketed, to be less competitive. On the other hand, a design with too little margin may lead to system malfunction under marginal environment conditions or due to component aging. A robust design is one that is immune to the effects of component variance due to tolerance, temperature, and aging, among other factors. Achieving a robust design involves careful analysis of the controller and plant operating together. This paper discusses how MATLAB and Simulink can be leveraged to ensure the robustness of a mechatronic system design. The merits of the network approach as a technique for modeling physical systems as an alternative to the signal flow (block diagram) approach are also discussed. Finally, the advantages of integrating these methods within Simulink as the environment for Model-Based Design for mechatronic systems are presented. An example involving Monte Carlo simulation on a simple multidomain mechatronic control system is used as a case study.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-1041
Pages
9
Citation
Egel, T., "Robust Design of Control Systems with Physical System Variances," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-1041, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-1041.
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Published
Apr 20, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-1041
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English