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Nonlinear analysis of time-delay position feedback control of container cranes

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Time-delay feedback control of container cranes is robustly stable and insensitive to initial conditions for most of the linearly stable region. To better understand this robustness and any limitations of the technique, we undertake a nonlinear analysis of the system. To this end, we develop a nonlinear model of the crane system by modeling the crane-hoist-payload assembly as a double pendulum. Then, we derive a linear approximation specific to this model. Finally, we derive a cubic model of the dynamics for nonlinear analysis. Using linear analysis, we determine the gain and time delay factors for stabilizing controllers. Also, we show that the controller undergoes a Hopf bifurcation at the linear stability boundary. Using the method of multiple scales on the cubic model, we determine the normal form of the Hopf bifurcation. We then show that for practical operating ranges, the controller undergoes a supercritical bifurcation that helps explain the robustness of the controller.

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    Nader A. Nayfeh & William T. Baumann

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Nayfeh, N.A., Baumann, W.T. Nonlinear analysis of time-delay position feedback control of container cranes. Nonlinear Dyn 53, 75–88 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-007-9297-z

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