Emulation of dynamic mechanical load for dynamometer using disturbance observer based robust controller

In this paper, we propose a new control scheme for emulating dynamic loads. The key component is the disturbance observer which is widely employed in industry. The dynamics to be emulated is represented as the nominal model to be recovered and a disturbance observer based controller is developed to guarantee the recovery. Some simulation results are included to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller.

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