Boundary control systems on a one-dimension spatial domain

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the well-posedness of a class of boundary control and observation systems on a one dimensional spatial domain. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition characterizing the well-posedness of these systems. Furthermore, we show that the well-posedness and full control and observation implies exact controllability and exact observability. The theoretical results are illustrated using Euler-Bernoulli beam models.