Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Nonlinear Vibration Absorber for the Control of Plate Vibrations

Abstract

We investigate a nonlinear active vibration absorber to control the vibrations of plates. The absorber is based on the saturation phenomenon associated with dynamical systems with quadratic nonlinearities and a two-to-one internal resonance. The technique is implemented by coupling a second-order controller with the plate's response through a sensor and an actuator. Energy is exchanged between the primary structure and the controller and, near resonance, the plate's response saturates to a small value. Numerical as well as experimental results are presented for a cantilever rectangular plate. For the numerical studies, finite-element methods as well as modal analysis are implemented. The commercially available software ABAQUS is used in the finite-element analysis together with a user-provided subroutine to model the controller. For the experimental studies, the plate is excited using a dynamic shaker. Strain gages are used as sensors, while piezoelectric ceramic patches are used as actuators. The control technique is implemented using a digital signal processing board and a modeling software. Both numerical and experimental results show that the control strategy is very effective.

Keywords

Vibration absorber saturation piezoelectric ceramics finite-element methods

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