ABSTRACT

Illustrating the power, simplicity, and generality of the concept of flatness, this reference explains how to identify, utilize, and apply flatness in system planning and design. The book includes a large assortment of exercises and models that range from elementary to complex classes of systems. Leading students and professionals through a vast array of designs, simulations, and analytical studies on the traditional uses of flatness, Differentially Flat Systems contains an extensive amount of examples that showcase the value of flatness in system design, demonstrate how flatness can be assessed in the context of perturbed systems and apply static and dynamic feedback controller design techniques.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|57 pages

Linear Time-Invariant SISO Systems

chapter 3|32 pages

Linear Time-Invariant MIMO Systems

chapter 4|36 pages

Time-Varying Linear Systems

chapter 5|31 pages

Discrete-Time Linear Systems

chapter 6|22 pages

Infinite Dimensional Linear Systems

chapter 7|30 pages

SISO Nonlinear Systems

chapter 8|47 pages

Multivariable Nonlinear Systems

chapter 9|54 pages

Mobile Robots

chapter 10|52 pages

Flatness and Optimal Trajectories

chapter 11|34 pages

Optimal Planning with Constraints

chapter 12|49 pages

Non-Differentially Flat Systems