Abstract

This paper illustrates a synthesis methodology of asymptotically stabilising, energy based, boundary control laws for a large class of distributed port-Hamiltonian systems. The result is applied on a non-linear model of an ideal, compressible, isentropic fluid with one-dimensional spatial domain. The idea is to design at first a state feedback law able to perform the energy-shaping task, i.e. able to render the closed-loop system a port-Hamiltonian system with a new Hamiltonian with a minimum at the desired equilibrium. Then, under some assumptions on the existence of solutions and pre-compactness of trajectories, asymptotic stability is obtained via damping injection on the boundary. The result is a consequence of the La Salles Invariance Principle in infinite dimensions. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.