Robust shape control in a Sendzimir cold-rolling steel mill

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1647-1652

  Bates, D G ^a   Ringwood, J V ^b   Holohan, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gain scheduling; robust control; shape control; steel manufacture

Indexed keywords

GAIN SCHEDULING; MATERIAL GAUGE; SHAPE CONTROL;

COLD ROLLING; COLD ROLLING MILLS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SCHEDULING; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 0031542287     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(97)10018-1     Document Type: Article

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