We discuss the null boundary controllability of a linear thermo-elastic plate. The method employs a smoothing property of the system of PDEs which allows the boundary controls to be calculated directly by solving two Cauchy problems.

The boundary control problem for the dynamical Lame system (isotropic elasticity model) is considered. The continuity of the “input $\to$ state” map in $L_2$-norms is established. A structure of the reachable sets for arbitrary $T\>0$ is studied. In general case, only the first component $u(·,T)$ of the complete state $\{u(·,T),u_t(·,T)\}$ may be controlled, an approximate controllability occurring in the subdomain filled with the shear (slow) waves. The controllability results are applied to the problem of the boundary data continuation....

The boundary control problem for the dynamical Lame system (isotropic elasticity model) is considered. The continuity of the “input → state" map in L2-norms is established. A structure of the reachable sets for arbitrary T>0 is studied. In general case, only the first component $u(·,T)$ of the complete state $\{u(·,T),u_t(·,T)\}$ may be controlled, an approximate controllability occurring in the subdomain filled with the shear (slow) waves. The controllability results are applied to the problem of the boundary data continuation....

A vibrating string, modelled by the wave equation, with an interior mass is considered. It is viewed as a linear delay system. A trajectory tracking problem is solved using a new type of controllability.