Andrea Brugnoli

Technische Universität Berlin | TUB

In this paper, we formulate the theory of nonlinear elasticity in a geometrically intrinsic manner using exterior calculus and bundle-valued differential forms. We represent kinematics variables, such as velocity and rate of strain, as intensive vector-valued forms, while kinetics variables, such as stress and momentum, as extensive covector-valued...

In this paper we formulate the theory of nonlinear elasticity in a geometrically intrinsic manner using exterior calculus and bundle-valued differential forms. We represent kinematics variables, such as velocity and rate-of-strain, as intensive vector-valued forms while kinetics variables, such as stress and momentum, as extensive covector-valued p...

In this paper we prove that a large class of linear evolution PDEs defines a Stokes-Dirac structure over Hilbert spaces. To do so, the theory of boundary control system is employed. This definition encompasses problems from mechanics, that cannot be handled by the seminal geometric setting given in [van der Schaft and Maschke, Hamiltonian formulati...

In this contribution, we extend the hybridization framework for the Hodge Laplacian (Awanou et al., Hybridization and postprocessing in finite element exterior calculus, 2023) to port-Hamiltonian systems. To this aim, a general dual field continuous Galerkin discretization is introduced, in which one variable is approximated via conforming finite e...

In this paper, we prove that a large class of linear evolution partial differential equations defines a Stokes-Dirac structure over Hilbert spaces. To do so, the theory of boundary control system is employed. This definition encompasses problems from mechanics that cannot be handled by the geometric setting given in the seminal paper by van der Sch...

In this paper we propose a novel approach to discretize linear port-Hamiltonian systems while preserving the underlying structure. We present a finite element exterior calculus formulation that is able to mimetically represent conservation laws and cope with mixed open boundary conditions using a single computational mesh. The possibility of includ...

In this contribution, port-Hamiltonian systems with non-homogeneous mixed boundary conditions are discretized in a structure-preserving fashion by means of the Partitioned FEM. This means that the power balance and the port-Hamiltonian structure of the continuous equations is preserved at the discrete level. The general construction relies on a wea...

In this paper we propose a novel approach to discretize linear port-Hamiltonian systems while preserving the underlying structure. We present a finite element exterior calculus formulation that is able to mimetically represent conservation laws and cope with mixed open boundary conditions using a single computational mesh. The possibility of includ...

This paper presents the modeling and analysis of the induced oscillations due to the Solar Array Drive Mechanism (SADM) on the pointing performances of a generic Earth observation spacecraft. First the SDT (Satellite Dynamics Toolbox) is used to obtain a Linear Parameter Varying model of the spacecraft fitted with a flexible solar panel parameteriz...

Methods for discretizing port-Hamiltonian systems are of interest both for simulation and control purposes. Despite the large literature on mixed finite elements, no rigorous analysis of the connections between mixed elements and port-Hamiltonian systems has been carried out. In this paper we demonstrate how existing methods can be employed to disc...

A port-Hamiltonian formulation for general linear coupled thermoelasticity and for the thermoelastic bending of thin structures is presented. The construction exploits the intrinsic modularity of port-Hamiltonian systems to obtain a formulation of linear thermoelasticity as an interconnection of the elastodynamics and heat equations. The derived mo...

A new formulation for the modular construction of flexible multibody systems is presented. By rearranging the equations for a flexible floating body and introducing the appropriate canonical momenta, the model is recast into a coupled system of ordinary and partial differential equations in port-Hamiltonian (pH) form. This approach relies on a floa...

In this paper we envision how to tackle a particularly challenging problem which presents highly interdisciplinary features, ranging from biology to engineering: the dynamic description and technological realisation of flapping flight. This document explains why, in order to gain new insights into this topic, we chose to employ port-Hamiltonian the...

In this contribution, the validity of reduced order data-driven approaches for port-Hamiltonian systems is assessed by direct comparison with models obtained from finite element discretization. In particular, we consider examples arising from the structural dynamics of beams. Port-Hamiltonian beam models can be readily discretized by using mixed fi...

A port-Hamiltonian formulation of von Kármán beams is presented. The variables selection lead to a non linear interconnection operator, while the constitutive laws are linear. The model can be readily discretized by exploiting a coenergy formulation and a mixed finite element method. The mixed formulation does not demand the H² regularity requireme...

In this paper we address the modeling of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the port-Hamiltonian framework. Such model not only allows describing the energy dissipation due to viscous effects but also incorporates the non-zero energy exchange through the boundary of the spatial domain for generic boundary conditions. We present in this work...

The present manuscript concerns the design of structure-preserving discretization methods for the solution of systems of boundary controlled Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) thanks to the port- Hamiltonian formalism. We first provide a general structure of infinite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian systems (pHs) for which the Partitioned Finite Ele...

Methods for discretizing port-Hamiltonian systems are of interest both for simulation and control purposes. Despite the large literature on mixed finite elements, no rigorous analysis of the connections between mixed elements and port-Hamiltonian systems has been carried out. In this paper we demonstrate how existing methods can be employed to disc...

A new formulation for the modular construction of flexible multibody systems is presented. By rearranging the equations for a flexible floating body and introducing the appropriate canonical momenta, the model is recast into a coupled system of ordinary and partial differential equations in port-Hamiltonian (pH) form. This approach relies on a floa...

The propagation of acoustic waves in a 2D geometrical domain under mixed boundary control is here described by means of the port-Hamiltonian (pH) formalism. A finite element based method is employed to obtain a consistently discretized model. To construct a model with mixed boundary control, two different methodologies are detailed: one employs Lag...

This work presents the development of the nonlin-ear 2D Shallow Water Equations (SWE) in polar coordinates as a boundary port controlled Hamiltonian system. A geometric reduction by symmetry is obtained, simplifying the system to one-dimension. The recently developed Partitioned Finite Element Method is applied to semi-discretize the equations, pre...

The mechanical model of a thin plate with boundary control and observation is presented as a port-Hamiltonian system (PHs

The port-Hamiltonian formulation is a powerful method for modeling and interconnecting systems of different natures. In this paper, the port-Hamiltonian formulation in tensorial form of a thick plate described by the Mindlin–Reissner model is presented. Boundary control and observation are taken into account. Thanks to tensorial calculus, it can be...

The port-Hamiltonian framework allows for a structured representation and interconnection of distributed parameter systems described by Partial Differential Equations (PDE) from different realms. Here, the Mindlin-Reissner model of a thick plate is presented in a tensorial formulation. Taking into account collocated boundary control and observation...

The port-Hamiltonian formulation is a powerful method for modeling and interconnecting systems of different natures. In this paper, the port-Hamiltonian formulation in both vectorial and tensorial forms of a thick plate described by the Mindlin-Reissner model is presented. Boundary control and observation are taken into account. Thanks to tensorial...

The mechanical model of a thin plate with boundary control and observation is presented as a port-Hamiltonian system (pHs), both in vectorial and tensorial forms: the Kirchhoff-Love model of a plate is described by using a Stokes-Dirac structure and this represents a novelty with respect to the existing literature. This formulation is carried out b...