Studies on simultaneous optimization of structural and control systems with nonlinear properties (Q1329524)

This paper first introduces a simultaneous optimization method for structural and control systems with nonlinear properties. The method was developed previously by the author by utilizing a step-by-step integration procedure, step-by-step sensitivities and nonlinear programming methods. In this article a unified method to solve the simultaneous optimization problems of nonlinear structural and control systems is shown and some numerical results of position control problems of flexible robots arms are developed. The optimization method is based on the gradient technique.