Laboratory Case Studies

The aim in this chapter is to present some student laboratory case studies of the application of high performance control theory and its real time implementation. Also, some simulation feasibility studies are included. The case studies are of necessity limited and perhaps contrived to some degree since they do not arise from fully funded engineering research and development programs for real world applications. Each study is presented somewhat qualitatively in order to illustrate aspects of engineering design rather than to allow for complete reproducibility of the results or to represent a triumph of the approach. The way is opened for the reader to achieve any triumphs.