Vibration Control of Moving Flexible Structure by Repetitive Control
Abstract The purpose of this study is to move a flexible structure, such as conveyance equipment that moves periodically, quickly and accurately by controlling its vibration. In order to reduce the vibration of a flexible structure actively, a hydraulic actuator is arranged on the motion transmission path between a drive system and a flexible structure. Generally, it is possible to obtain good effects for reducing a residual vibration by using feedback control. However, the vibration displacement in motion is mainly forced vibration which is caused by motion acceleration, so it is difficult to reduce the vibration displacement by using feedback control. Thus, by considering that the flexible structure is driven periodically, we use the repetitive control method to reduce the vibration displacement in motion. In this study, the repetitive control method with the step response, which does not need model identification, is shown. Furthermore, the validity of this method is examined by simulation and experiment.