Practical Prescribed-Time Sampled-Data Control of Linear Systems with Applications to the Air-Bearing Testbed

This article studies the practical prescribed time sampled-data control problem for input-constrained linear time invariant continuous time systems. By using the solution to a parametric Lyapunov equation, a bounded linear time-varying (LTV) sampled-data controller is designed to solve such a problem. In addition, stability analysis and performance analysis of the closed-loop sampled-data control system are presented by using the methodology of scalarization. Finally, the developed LTV sampled-data state controller is utilized to the whole physical simulation system of air-bearing testbed and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.