Vibration Control of Double-Beam System with Multiple Smart Damping Members

A control method to stabilize vibration of a double cantilever system with a set of smart damping blocks is designed and numerically evaluated. The externally controlled magnetorheological sheared elastomer damping block is considered, but other smart materials can be used as well. The robust bang-b...

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Main Authors: Dominik Pisarski, Tomasz Szmidt, Czesław I. Bajer, Bartłomiej Dyniewicz, Jacek M. Bajkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2438902
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Summary:A control method to stabilize vibration of a double cantilever system with a set of smart damping blocks is designed and numerically evaluated. The externally controlled magnetorheological sheared elastomer damping block is considered, but other smart materials can be used as well. The robust bang-bang control law for stabilization the bilinear system is elaborated. The key feature of the closed loop controller is the efficiency for different types of initial excitement. By employing the finite element model, the performance of the controller is validated for strong wind blow load and concentrated impact excitement of the particular point of one of the beams. For each of the excitations, the closed loop control outperforms the optimal passive damping case by over 27% for the considered energy metric.
ISSN:1070-9622
1875-9203