Stabilization of Flexible Structures: Third Working Conference Montpellier, France, January 1989

Contents: Recent Work on the Scole Model.- Mathematical Study of Large Space Structures.- Symbolic Formulation of Dynamic Equation for Interconnected Flexibles Bodies: The GEMMES Software.- Adaptive Optics, Shape Control of an Adaptive Mirror.- Energy Decay Estimates for a Beam with Non Linear Boundary Feedback.- Uniform Stabilization of the Wave Equation with Dirichlet Feedback Control without Geometrical Conditions. - Actuators and Controllability of Distributed Systems.- Linear Quadratic Control Without Stabilizability. - Riccati Equation in Non Cylindrical Domains.- Boundary Control Problems for Non Autonomous Parabolic Systems.- Existence and Optimal Control for the Wave Equation in Moving Domain.- Galerkin Approximation for Wave Equation in Moving Domain.- Further Results on Exact Controllability of the Euler-Bernoulli Equation with Controls on the Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Conditions.- Some Properties of the Value Function of a Non Linear Control Problem in Infinite Dimension.- Identification of Coefficients with Bounded Variation in the Wave Equation.- Shape Hessian by the Velocity Method: a Lagrangian Approach.- Differential Stability of Pertubed Optimization with Application to Parameter Estimation.- A Numerical Method for Drag Minimization via the Suction and Injection of Mass Through the Boundary.- Using the Physical Properties of Systems for Control.