Structural damping models for passive aeroelastic control

Damping Models for Structural Vibration

This dissertation reports a systematic study on analysis and identification of multiple parameter damped mechanical systems. The attention is focused on viscously and non-viscously damped multiple degree-offreedom linear vibrating systems. The non-viscous damping model is such that the damping forces depend on the past history of motion via convolution integrals over some kernel functions. The ...

Structural Control with Dissipative Damping Devices

Structural vibration mitigation using semiactive control strategies has received special attention recently due to the attractive properties of semiactive devices. The main restriction of a semiactive device is that it can only produce dissipative forces, which may be expressed in mathematical terms as a nonlinear inequality constraint. Standard active control algorithms do not generally accoun...

Modeling for Structural Vibrations: FEM Models, Damping, Similarity Laws

Robust Aeroelastic Control of Very Flexible Wings using Intrinsic Models

This paper explores the robust control of large flexible wings when their dynamics are written in terms of intrinsic variables, that is, velocities and stress resultants. Assuming 2-D strip theory for the aerodynamics, the resulting nonlinear aeroelastic equations of motion are written in modal coordinates. It is seen that a system which experiences large displacements can nonetheless be accura...

Energy Perspectives in Aeroelastic Control

Energy conversion/transfer forms the basis of all aeroelastic phenomena. Future aircraft are likely to depend on active control using multiple integrated actuators and sensors. The practical implementation of active control strategies will require new approaches to control design that consider the energetics of the system. The present work takes a step in that direction by proposing controller ...