Nonlinear interval model control of quasi-keyhole arc welding process

Automatica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 805-813

  Lu, W ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a   Lin, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint penetration; Manufacturing processes; Nonlinear systems; Plasma arc welding; Predictive control; Uncertainty; Welding

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; LASER BEAM WELDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA WELDING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; WELDS;

JOINT PENETRATION; NONLINEAR MODELS;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642357432     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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