Active vibration control

About: Active vibration control is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6770 publications have been published within this topic receiving 76599 citations. The topic is also known as: active vibration damping.

Receptance Method in Active Vibration Control

Abstract: The pole/zero assignment problem is addressed using a method based on measured receptances. The approach, which is well known in passive structural modification, has not been used before in active vibration control. A number of significant advantages are claimed over the conventional state-space approach that uses the mass, damping, and stiffness matrices formed, for example, by finite elements. In fact, because the method is based solely upon measured vibration data, there is no need to evaluate or to know the M, C, and K matrices. It is demonstrated that all the poles may be assigned actively by the equivalent of a rank-1 modification to the dynamic stiffness matrix of the system. The assignment of zeros has a special significance in vibration suppression, because the vibration response at coordinatep vanishes completely when sinusoidal excitation is applied at coordinate q at the frequency of a zero of receptance H nn . A pole ofH pq may be eliminated by assigning a zero at the same frequency.

A Nonlinear Vibration Absorber for Flexible Structures

Abstract: An approach for implementing an active nonlinear vibration absorber for flexible structures is presented. The technique exploits the saturation phenomenon exhibited by multidegree-of-freedom systems with quadratic nonlinearities possessing two-to-one autoparametric resonances. The strategy consists of introducing second-order controllers and coupling each of them with the plant through a sensor and an actuator, where both the feedback and control signals are quadratic. Once the structure is forced near its resonances, the oscillatory response is suppressed through the saturation phenomenon. We present theoretical and experimental results of the application of the proposed vibration absorber. The structure consists of a cantilever beam, the feedback signal is generated by a strain gage, and the actuation is achieved through piezoceramic patches. The equations of motion are developed and analyzed through perturbation techniques and numerical simulation. Then, the strategy is tested by assembling the controllers in electronic components and suppressing the vibrations of the first and second modes of two beams.

Active vibration control of a simply supported beam using a spatially distributed actuator

Abstract: The application of a spatially shaped distributed actuator for the vibration control of a simply supported beam is studied both analytically and experimentally. The actuator consists of a layer of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVF 2 ) bonded to one face of the beam. A summary of the underlying theory is presented, with emphasis on how controllability requirements affect the choice of the film's spatial distribution. The requisite film controller has a linearly varying spatial distribution that facilitates the control of both even- and odd-order vibrational modes. Experimental results are presented for the control of the beam's first three modes, using both the linearly varying as well as a uniform spatial distribution. The linearly varying distribution is shown to be effective in controlling both even- and odd-order modes, serving to increase the modal loss factors by up to a factor of 4.5. In addition, the experimental results are found to corroborate a simplified computer model of the controller.