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Backstepping Boundary Control For Noise Reduction in Finite Ducts


Authors: S. P. Nagarkatti, F. Zhang, C. D. Rahn** and D. M. Dawson
Affiliations: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0915
**Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0921

Abstract
In this paper, we develop a boundary controller to actively cancel acoustic disturbances in an enclosed duct of finite length using a loudspeaker. Given a distributed parameter acoustic model and the actuator electrical dynamics at the boundary, Lyapunov-type arguments are used to design a model-based backstepping boundary control law that asymptotically regulates the noise within the duct. Dynamic simulation results demonstrate the improved performance achieved by the proposed active noise cancellation algorithm.

Siddharth P. Nagarkatti, Research Assistant
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634
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snagark@ces.clemson.edu

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