Physical Properties of Transfer Function Zeros for Collocated Control in Flexible Structure System

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, the physical meaning of transfer function zeros for collocated control in a general flexible structure system is discussed. For a flexible structure system, we propose the “Zero Dynamic Theorem”. The theorem states that in a flexible structure system, the flexible structure can be a circulatory system (non-sysmetric stiffness matrix) with viscous and gyroscopic damping (non-symmetric damping matrix), if the sensor output (generalized displacement) and the actuator input (generalized force) are “dual type” and the transfer function is strict proper and coprime (no pole/zero cancellation); then, the transfer function zeros are the natural frequencies of constrained structure. Furthermore, with this theorem, the interlacing pole/zero property for the gyroscopic systems is presented.