Discontinuous and switched dynamical systems
Note: There are many other examples of discontinuous and switched dynamical systems in section Hybrid dynamical systems, cyber-physical systems, complex systems and AI
Journal papers:
Slow motion of an unloaded hydraulic robot arm. E. Licéaga-Castro, E.M. Navarro-López, R. García-Aguilar, J.M. Andújar-Morgado. Precision Engineering, vol. 36(3), pp. 388-398, 2012.
Bit-sticking phenomena in a multi-degree-of-freedom controlled drillstring. E.M. Navarro-López. Exploration and Production: Oil and Gas Review, vol. 8(2), pp. 70-75, 2010. Guest article.
Non-desired transitions and sliding-mode control of a multi-DOF mechanical system with stick-slip oscillations. E.M. Navarro-López, E. Licéaga-Castro. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, vol. 41, pp. 2035-2044, 2009.
An alternative characterization of bit-sticking phenomena in a multi-degree-of freedom controlled drillstring. E.M. Navarro-López. Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, vol. 10, pp. 3162-3174, 2009.
Design of practical sliding-mode controllers with constant switching frequency for power converters. E.M. Navarro-López, D. Cortés, C. Castro. Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 79, pp. 796-802, 2009.
Avoiding harmful oscillations in a drillstring through dynamical analysis. E.M. Navarro-López, D. Cortés. Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 307(1-2), pp. 152-171, 2007.
Vibraciones mecánicas en una sarta de perforación: problemas de control. E.M. Navarro-López, R. Suárez. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, vol. 2(1), pp. 43-54, 2005.
Book chapters:
What makes the control of discontinuous dynamical systems so complex? E.M. Navarro-López. In Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, An International Series of Scientific Monographs and Text Books, pp. 237–252. Editor: S. Sivasundaram. An International Series of Scientific Monographs and Text Books, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, UK, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-908106-30-8.
Controller parameters selection through bifurcation analysis in a piecewise-smooth system. E.M. Navarro-López, D. Cortés. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, (Pisa, Italy, April, 2007), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4416 (A. Bemporad, A. Bicchi, and G. Buttazzo, Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 736-740, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-71492-7. ISSN: 0302-9743.
Conference papers:
Discontinuities-induced phenomena in an industrial application: analysis and control solutions. E.M. Navarro-López. ICNPAA 2008 7th International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, (Genoa, Italy, June 24-27, 2008).
Sliding-mode control of a multi-DOF oilwell drillstring with stick-slip oscillations. E.M. Navarro-López, D. Cortés. American Control Conference, (New York, USA, July 11-13, 2007), pp. 3837-3842. Omnipress, ISBN: 1-4244-0989-6, ISSN: 0743-1619.
A class of easy-to-implement sliding-mode controllers with constant switching frequency for power converters. D. Cortés, Ja. Álvarez-Gallegos, E.M. Navarro-López, C. Castro. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, (Vigo, Spain, June 4-7, 2007), pp. 731-735. ISBN: 1-4244-0755-9.
D-OSKIL: A new mechanism for suppressing slip-stick in oilwell drillstrings. C. Canudas-de-Wit, M.A. Corchero, F.R. Rubio, E.M. Navarro-López. Joint IEEE Conference on Decision and Control-European Control Conference, (Sevilla, Spain, December, 2005), pp. 8260-8265. Omnipress, ISBN: 0-7803-9567-0.
Vibraciones en una sarta de perforación: Problemas de control. E.M. Navarro-López, R. Suárez. 11th Latin American Congress of Automatic Control, (La Habana, Cuba, May, 2004). ISBN: 959-237-117-2.
Practical approach to modelling and controlling stick-slip oscillations in oilwell drillstrings. E.M. Navarro-López, R. Suárez. IEEE Conference on Control Applications, (Taipei, Taiwan, September, 2004), pp. 1454-1460. ISBN: 0-7803-8634-5.
Modelling and analysis of stick-slip behaviour in a drillstring under dry frictions. E.M. Navarro-López, R. Suárez. Congress of the Mexican Association of Automatic Control, (México, D.F., October, 2004) 330-335. ISBN: 970-32-2137-8.
Discussion papers in peer-reviewed journals:
Reply to Comments on "Design of practical sliding-mode controllers with constant switching frequency for power converters". E.M. Navarro-López, D. Cortés. Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 91, 2012.
Discussion of “Fundamental Analysis of the Electromechanical Oscillation Damping Control Loop of the Static VAr Compensator Using Individual Channel Analysis and Design”. E.M. Navarro-López. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 25(4), October, 2010.
Papers in industry magazines:
Vibraciones mecánicas en la perforación de pozos. E.M. Navarro-López. El Mundo del Petróleo, The Mexican Oil Industry Magazine, vol. 9, April-May 2005, 24–26.
Matemáticas y computación: lo fino de la perforación. E.M. Navarro-López, E. Possani-Espinosa. El Mundo del Petróleo, The Mexican Oil Industry Magazine, vol. 7, December 2004-January 2005, 20–24.
Vibraciones mecánicas: un problema sin resolver en la perforación de pozos. E.M. Navarro-López. IMP Magazine, April 2005. At the Magazine of the Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP).