Bounded input feedback control of linear systems with application to the control of a flexible system

The design of discrete-time H/sub 2/ optimal controllers in the presence of constraints in the plant input is presented. The method is applied to the model of an experimental flex-arm, which has some nonminimum-phase zeros and all its poles on the unit circle. Experimental and simulation results on the performance of a fifth-order controller thus obtained are presented. The results suggest that this method of controller design ensures good performance of the closed-loop system.<<ETX>>