Abstract In this paper a broadband active shunt technique for controlling vibration in piezoelectric laminated structures is proposed. The effect of the negative capacitance controller is studied theoretically and then validated experimentally on a piezoelectric laminated simply supported plate. The ‘negative capacitance controller’ is similar in nature to passive shunt damping techniques, as a...

This paper describes a design of fuzzy controller for the input constrained discrete nonlinear passive systems via affine Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models. The stability conditions are derived based on Lyapunov and passive theories for the closed-loop system. The fuzzy controller design is accomplished by using the concept of Parallel Distribution Compensation (PDC). According to the proposed f...

This paper deals with the study and comparison of passive and active landing gear system of  the aircraft and dynamic responses due to runway irregularities while the aircraft is taxying. The dynamic load and vibration caused by the unevenness of runway will result in airframe fatigue, discomfort of passengers and the reduction of the pilot’s ability to control the aircraft. One of the objectiv...

A passive velocity field control (PVFC) approach is proposed to achieve simultaneous contour following, and force profile tracking control. The approach has the unique features that 1) it is energetically passive so that when it physically interacts with an object, safety and contact stability properties are enhanced; 2) contour following task is coded using a velocity field instead of the a ti...

WITH PASSIVE DAMPING by Thomas E. Alberts, Ph.D Candidate Gordon G. Hastings, Ph.D Candidate Wanye J. Book, Professor and ,Stephen L. Dickerson, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 This paper presents a hybrid active and passive control scheme for control ling the motion of a lightweight flexible arm. A straightforward developeme...

Ventilation systems installed in buildings usually generate low-frequency noise because the passive silencers commonly used to attenuate the ventilation noise are not effective in the lowfrequency range. A method proven to effectively reduce low-frequency noise in a wide variety of applications is active noise control (ANC). A feedforward ANC system applied to duct noise normally uses a referen...

In this research we design a passive controller for an above knee prosthesis. The controller is a linear spring and damper for swing phase motion, parameters of which determined via optimization of adjustment of the prosthesis shank motion with a desired shank angle trajectory comes from experimental data. In this way, we exerted a certain thigh motion, hip movement included, into the system as...

This paper uses a quarter model of an automobile having passive and semiactive suspension systems to develop a scheme for an optimal suspension controller. Semi-active suspension is preferred over passive and active suspensions with regard to optimum performance within the constraints of weight and operational cost. A fuzzy logic controller is incorporated into the semi-active suspension system...