Well-posedness and robust stability of a nonlinear ODE-PDE system

Abstract

This work studies stability and robustness of a nonlinear system given as an interconnection of an ODE and a parabolic PDE subjected to external disturbances entering through the boundary conditions of the parabolic equation. To this end we develop an approach for a construction of a suitable coercive Lyapunov function as one of the main results. Based on this Lyapunov function we establish the well-posedness of the considered system and establish conditions that guarantee the ISS property. ISS estimates are derived explicitly for the particular case of globally Lipschitz nonlinearities.