A useful control model for tandem hot metal strip rolling

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2251-2258

  Pittner, John ^a   Simaan, Marwan A ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi inputmulti output control; rolling mill control; state dependent Riccati equation (SDRE); tandem hot metal rolling

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL; COMPLEX NONLINEAR SYSTEM; CONTROL CHALLENGES; CONTROL MODEL; HOT METAL; HOT ROLLING PROCESS; HOT-STRIP ROLLING; NON-LINEAR CONTROL METHODS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; OUTPUT CONTROL; PROCESS MODEL; ROLLING MILL CONTROL; ROLLING PROCESS; SIMULATION RESULT; STATE-DEPENDENT RICCATI EQUATION;

COLD ROLLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HOT ROLLING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; METAL WORKING; METALS; MILLING MACHINES; RICCATI EQUATIONS; ROLLING MILLS; STRIP METAL;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 78649354250     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2072978     Document Type: Article

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