Displacement Feedback Control of Proof-Mass Actuators for Vibration Suppression.

Active Vibration Suppression of Sandwich Beams using Piezoelectric Shear Actuators

This paper deals with the experimental and numerical assessment of the vibration suppression of smart structures using piezoelectric shear actuators. Experimental results are presented for an adaptive sandwich cantilever beam that consists of aluminum facings and a core made of two piezoelectric shear actuators and foam. The electric Þeld is applied perpendicular to the poling direction of the ...

Active Vibration Suppression of Smart Structures Using Piezoelectric Shear Actuators

Assessment of the conventional control algorithms and proposing a modified displacement feedback control for performance-based design of structures

An enhanced displacement feedback structural control procedure is presented for performance-based design in this paper. At first, a comparative study is implemented assessing three most common active control algorithms including state, acceleration, and displacement feedback controls. The advantage of the displacement feedback algorithm for active control of structures against earthquakes is de...

Active vibration control using compliant-based actuators

In this work, an active vibration control method using compliant-based actuators is proposed for controlling a wide range of vibration and its noise-associated applications. The compliant-based actuator combines a conventional actuator with elastic elements, such as passive springs, that can be demonstrated to have better accuracy and robustness for force control compared to conventional stiff ...

Optimizing the Performance of Piezoelectric Actuators for Active Vibration Control

This paper discusses the selection process for piezoelectric transducers (PZT) used as actuator elements for suppressing vibrations in a flexible beam system. The effects of changing physical parameters such as the relative thickness of the piezoelectric ceramic with respect to the beam, the optimum location of the PZT actuator, and the length of the PZT are studied based on the singular value ...