Robust synchronization of a class of Nonlinear systems: Applications to chaotic coupled electromechanical systems

This article treats the robust synchronization problem of a class of nonlinear systems from a control theoretical point of view. Because of the tremendous complexity of nonlinear systems, the problem is restricted to chaotic electromechanical devices. The results are discussed in the context of complete synchronization. A new dynamic output feedback is applied to perform synchronization in spite of master/slave mismatches. The main idea is to construct an augmented dynamical system from the synchronization error system, which is itself uncertain. The advantage of this method over the existing results is that the synchronization time is explicitly computed. Numerical simulations are provided to verify the operation of the proposed algorithm.