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Actuators for active vibration control - tunable resonant devices

Actuators for active vibration control - tunable resonant devices
Actuators for active vibration control - tunable resonant devices
This paper is concerned with the control of vibration using a smart structure. Such a structure requires actuators and sensors coupled with a controller, but only actuators are discussed here. Because the limiting factor in the active control of vibration is often the actuator, the work described in this paper discusses the use of resonant devices to generate the required secondary force. The control of such a device is much simpler than a fully active system as it simply involves tuning the device so that it operates most effectively at the unwanted disturbance frequency. A major issue is how to design a tunable device, and four ways of achieving this with a simple beam and attached masses are described and compared in this paper.
vibration control, vibration absorbers, adaptive-passive control
63-74
Brennan, M.J.
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Brennan, M.J.
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Brennan, M.J. (2000) Actuators for active vibration control - tunable resonant devices. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 5 (1), 63-74.

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This paper is concerned with the control of vibration using a smart structure. Such a structure requires actuators and sensors coupled with a controller, but only actuators are discussed here. Because the limiting factor in the active control of vibration is often the actuator, the work described in this paper discusses the use of resonant devices to generate the required secondary force. The control of such a device is much simpler than a fully active system as it simply involves tuning the device so that it operates most effectively at the unwanted disturbance frequency. A major issue is how to design a tunable device, and four ways of achieving this with a simple beam and attached masses are described and compared in this paper.

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Published date: 2000
Keywords: vibration control, vibration absorbers, adaptive-passive control

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Local EPrints ID: 9911
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/9911
PURE UUID: 1774290c-048c-4e08-bf73-1191cf5787be

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Date deposited: 27 Oct 2004
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 13:31

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Author: M.J. Brennan

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