Optimal Location of Actuators and Sensors in Active Vibration Control

Abstract

Several studies have been conducted in order to find the optimal location of actuators and sensors in the active vibration control of structures. In this paper, a modified optimization criterion is proposed for these two optimization problems, ensuring good observability or good controllability of the structure, and considering residual modes to limit the spill-over effects. Its efficiency is shown by the comparison with the classical criteria, illustrated for a simply supported beam and a rectangular plate. In these two applications, the number of active elements is discussed, using or neglecting the residual modes.

Keywords

active vibration control optimal location and number actuators and sensors numerical results

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