Volume 32, Issue 18 pp. 9475-9496
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE

A geometric description of the set of stabilizing PID controllers

Keqin Gu

Keqin Gu

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

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Qian Ma

Corresponding Author

Qian Ma

School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Correspondence Qian Ma, School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.

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Huiqing Zhou

Huiqing Zhou

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USA

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Salma Mahzoon

Salma Mahzoon

School of Aerospace and Mechanical, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

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Xingzi Yang

Xingzi Yang

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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First published: 16 February 2021
Citations: 1

Abstract

This article developed a new method to described the set of stabilizing PID control. The method is based on D-parameterization with natural description of the set. It was found that the stability crossing surface is a ruled surface that is completely determined by a curve known as discriminant. The discriminant is divided into sectors at the cusps. Corresponding to the sectors, the stability crossing surface is divided into positive and negative patches. A systematic study is conducted to identify the regions with a fixed number of right half-plane characteristic roots. The crossing directions of characteristic roots for positive patches and negative patches are also studied. As a result, a systematic method is developed to identify the regions of PID parameter such that the system is stabilized.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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