Exact determination of the limit cycles in relay control systems with additional nonlinearities in the feedback loops

IEE Proceedings: Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Moeini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAD; Limit cycles; Polynomial type nonlinearity; Relay control; Saturation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

FEEDBACK LOOPS; POLYNOMIAL TYPE NONLINEARITY;

RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031146260     PISSN: 13502379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cta:19971173     Document Type: Article

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