It is well known that sliding-mode control can give good transient performance and system robustness. However, the presence of chattering may introduce problems to the actuators. Many chattering elimination methods use a finite dc gain controller which leads to a finite steady-state error. One method to ensure zero steady-state error is using a proportional plus integral (PI) controller. This p...

We perform extensive analysis on the physics of L-mode tokamak fusion reactors to identify (1) a favorable parameter space for a large scale steady-state reactor and (2) an operating point for a minimum scale steady-state reactor. The identification of the large scale parameter space is part of the 2008 MIT Nuclear Systems Design Project, which also includes sustainability and economic optimiza...

As we know, sliding mode control methodology is one of the robust control technique to handle systems with model uncertainties, parameter variations and external disturbances. In this paper, a robust altitude control scheme is proposed for a nonlinear quad-rotor aircraft system based on sliding mode controller with an integral action to eliminate the steady-state error effect. The proposed slid...

Coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) in the steady state and bursting mode is generated. The emitted radiation is analysed in the time and frequency domain. A step mode Fourier transform (FT) spectrometer is applied to analyse bursting CSR.

We study driven-dissipative Bose-Einstein condensates in a two-mode Josephson system, such as a double-well potential, with asymmetrical pumping. We investigate nonlinear effects on the condensate populations and mode transitions. The generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equations are modified in order to treat pumping of only a single mode. We characterize the steady-state solutions in such a system a...