# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

2005, 2005(Special): 746-755. doi: 10.3934/proc.2005.2005.746

## Null controllability of a damped Mead-Markus sandwich beam

 1 Iowa State University, Department of Mathematics, Ames, IA 50011 2 Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, United States

Received  September 2004 Revised  March 2005 Published  September 2005

The Mead-Markus sandwich beam model with shear damping is shown to be null controllable modulo a one dimensional state in an arbitrarily short time. The moment method is used to obtain this result.
Citation: Rajeev Rajaram, Scott W. Hansen. Null controllability of a damped Mead-Markus sandwich beam. Conference Publications, 2005, 2005 (Special) : 746-755. doi: 10.3934/proc.2005.2005.746
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