Ocean Systems Engineering
Volume 1, Number 2, 2011, pages 171-194
DOI: 10.12989/ose.2011.1.2.171
Global stabilization of three-dimensional flexible marine risers by boundary control
K.D. Do
Abstract
A method to design a boundary controller for global stabilization of three-dimensional nonlinear dynamics of flexible marine risers is presented in this paper. Equations of motion of the risers are first developed in a vector form. The boundary controller at the top end of the risers is then designed based on Lyapunov
Key Words
marine risers, boundary control, nonlinear dynamics, equations of motion.
Address
K.D. Do : School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798