Optimal Configurations of ACLD/Plate for Bending Vibration Control using INSGA-II

Active constrained layer damping (ACLD) has been demonstrated as an effective means of vibration and noise control for flexible structure. The overall performance of ACLD system is governed by the performance of the passive and the active controls on which the configurations of ACLD treatments have significant effect. In this paper, a multi-objective optimization model for ACLD treatments is established based on the finite element model of the plate partially covered with ACLD treatments. The improved non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (INSGA-II) is developed to obtain the optimal configurations of ACLD treatments for vibration control of bending modes of the plate. In the optimization procedure, an integrated multi-objective optimization strategy is proposed, in which the passive and the active controls performance are considered simultaneously. The modal loss factors and the frequency response excited by the unit control voltage are selected as the passive and active control objectives, respectively. The location-numbering of the ACLD patches and the thickness of the viscoelastic materials (VEM) and piezoelectric material (PEM) are served as design variables. The vibration control results show that the better results of vibration control can be achieved in passive and active control when the optimal ACLD treatments are employed.