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    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Control Theory

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    • Vibration suppression is critical in mechanical systems.
    • Euler-Bernoulli beams are common structural elements.
    • External disturbances and parameter uncertainties pose challenges.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an adaptive boundary iterative learning control (ABILC) strategy.
    • To suppress vibrations in an Euler-Bernoulli beam.
    • To address parameter uncertainty, periodic disturbances, input nonlinearity, and asymmetric output constraints.

    Main Methods:

    • Adaptive boundary iterative learning control (ABILC).
    • Backstepping technique integration.
    • Auxiliary system for input nonlinearity compensation.
    • Barrier Lyapunov function for asymmetric output constraints.
    • Lyapunov stability analysis.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed ABILC strategy effectively suppresses beam vibrations.
    • Parameter uncertainty is managed by an adaptive law.
    • Periodic disturbances are handled by the iterative learning term.
    • Input nonlinearity and asymmetric output constraints are compensated.
    • Closed-loop system stability is rigorously proven.

    Conclusions:

    • The ABILC strategy provides effective vibration suppression for Euler-Bernoulli beams.
    • The control method demonstrates robustness against various system uncertainties and constraints.
    • Numerical simulations validate the proposed control approach.