Vibration suppression and disturbance rejection control in torsional system is an important issue in the future motion control. Resonance ratio control is one of the most effective strategies, but the disturbance should be estimated much faster than the resonance frequency. Too fast disturbance observer causes implementation problem. To solve this problem, we propose a novel technique called "s...

Tension-aligned structures have been proposed for space-based antenna applications. The structure uses a compression member to impart tension on the antenna, thus helping to maintain shape and facilitate disturbance rejection. These structures can be large and are therefore sensitive to low-frequency excitation. Three energy-based control strategies have been proposed for vibration suppression....

This paper presents the development of an optimal self-tuning PID controller for vibration suppression of flexible manipulator structures using particle swarm optimization (PSO). A simulation environment characterizing the dynamic behavior of the flexible manipulator system was first developed using finite difference (FD) approach to acquire the input-output data of the system. The global searc...

Dear Editor, This letter considers the control problem of an experimental flexible manipulator in position tracking, vibration suppression, and saturation compensation. Based on backstepping technology a Nussbaum function, we develop anti-windup to restrain manipulator's vibration, realize desire trajectory eliminate saturation. Applying Lyapunov's method, system's stability with proposed is pr...

This study presents a synthesis scheme on a target history for the simultaneous control of position and vibration of a space robotic manipulator with a flexible arm. As an essential problem in the manipulator with a flexible arm, its vibration is easily induced by self-motion and external disturbance. Therefore, in this study, the authors develop the long, lightweight and forceful manipulator f...

Considerable attention has been devoted to active vibration control using intelligent materials as PZT actuators. This paper presents results on active control schemes for vibration suppression of flexible steel cantilever beam with bonded piezoelectric actuators. The PZT patches are surface bonded near the fixed end of flexible steel cantilever beam. The dynamic model of the flexible steel can...

This paper presents the practical implementation of an active force control (AFC) strategy to a laboratory scaled vibration isolator platform. The research was carried out to investigate the performance of vibration suppression capability of feedback controller using AFC. Two types of controller schemes were examined and compared involving the classic proportionalintegral-derivative (PID) contr...

An adaptive neural fuzzy (NF) controller is developed in this paper for active vibration suppression in flexible structures. A recurrent identification network (RIN) is developed to adaptively identify system dynamics of the plant. A novel recurrent training (RT) technique is suggested to train the RIN so as to optimize nonlinear input-output mapping and to enhance convergence. The effectivenes...

A discrete-time sliding mode control design for a ball-screw driven positioning table is presented. The basic feature of this design is that high speed and high positioning accuracy can be met despite of the fact that the controlled process suffers from friction and mechanical flexibility. Disturbance rejection, in the form of friction compensation and vibration suppression, is the main focus o...

This paper presents the design of a vibration control mechanism for a beam with bonded piezoelectric sensors and actuators and an application of the arising smart structure for vibrations suppression. The mechanical modeling of the structure and the subsequent finite element approximation are based on Hamilton’s principle and classical engineering theory for bending of beams in connection with ...