Structural Vibration Control of a Moving 3-PRR Flexible Parallel Manipulator With Multiple PZT Actuators and Sensors

Author(s):  
Xuping Zhang ◽  
James K. Mills ◽  
William L. Cleghorn

This paper addresses the control of structural vibrations of a 3-PRR parallel manipulator with three flexible intermediate links, bonded with multiple lead zirconate titanate (PZT) actuators and sensors. Flexible intermediate links are modeled as Euler-Bernoulli beams with pinned-pinned boundary conditions. A PZT actuator controller is designed based on strain rate feed control (SRF). Control moments from PZT actuators are transformed to force vectors in modal space, and are incorporated in the dynamic model of the manipulator. The dynamic equations are developed based on the assumed mode method for the flexible parallel manipulator with multiple PZT actuator and sensor patches. Numerical simulation is performed and the results indicate that the proposed active vibration control strategy is effective. Frequency spectra analyses of structural vibrations further illustrate that deformations from structural vibration of flexible links are suppressed to a significant extent when the proposed vibration control strategy is employed, while the deflections caused by inertial and coupling forces are not reduced.

Robotica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuping Zhang ◽  
James K. Mills ◽  
William L. Cleghorn

SUMMARYThis paper addresses the dynamic simulation and control of structural vibrations of a 3-PRR parallel manipulator with three flexible intermediate links, to which are bonded lead zirconate titanate (PZT) actuators and sensors. Flexible intermediate links are modelled as Euler–Bernoulli beams with pinned-pinned boundary conditions. A PZT actuator controller is designed based on strain rate feedback (SRF) control. Control moments from PZT actuators are transformed to force vectors in modal space and are incorporated in the dynamic model of the manipulator. The dynamic equations are developed based on the assumed mode method for the flexible parallel manipulator with multiple PZT actuator and sensor patches. Numerical simulation is performed and the results indicate that the proposed active vibration control strategy is effective. Spectral analyses of structural vibrations further illustrate that deformations from structural vibration of flexible links are suppressed to a significant extent when the proposed vibration control strategy is employed, while the deflections caused by inertial and coupling forces are not reduced.


Author(s):  
Xuping Zhang ◽  
James K. Mills ◽  
William L. Cleghorn

This paper presents an experimental study on active vibration control of a moving 3-PRR parallel manipulator with three flexible intermediate links, with bonded lead zirconate titanate (PZT) actuators and sensors. Experimental modal tests are conducted to identify structural vibration mode shapes and natural frequencies used. These modal tests provide guidance to design the filter and determine the location of PZT transducers. A PZT actuator controller is developed based on strain rate feedback (SRF) control. A state-space model is formulated with the control input voltage applied to PZT actuators, and output generated from PZT sensors. Then, the design of an optimal active vibration controller is presented based on SRF for the parallel manipulator with flexible links with multiple bonded PZT transducers. Active vibration control experiments are conducted to demonstrate that the proposed active vibration control strategy is effective. Power spectral density (PSD) plots of vibrations illustrate that the structural vibration of flexible links is reduced effectively when the proposed vibration control strategy is employed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9404
Author(s):  
Yi Wang ◽  
Thomas Kletschkowski

A smart exciter coupled to cabin panels can be used as a new type of loudspeaker for emergency announcements in the aircraft cabin. The same device can also be used as a semi-active vibration control system which is effective in reducing the amplitude of structural vibration. The objective of this paper is to investigate the potential of vibration reduction using a smart exciter in combination with an optimized resistive-inductive shunt circuit, which serves as an absorbing network. First, the vibration reduction effect has been analyzed numerically using a simulation framework realized with COMSOL and MATLAB/Simulink. In a second step, the reduction effect of the smart exciter together with a resistive-inductive shunt circuit, which is produced by the Center of Applied Aeronautical Research (Zentrum für Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung GmbH, Hamburg, Germany), has been investigated experimentally. The results presented here prove that the smart exciter together with a resistive-inductive shunt can be highly effective in reducing structural vibrations.


Author(s):  
Fumio Doi ◽  
Kazuto Seto ◽  
Mingzhang Ren ◽  
Yuzi Gatate

Abstract In this paper we present an experimental investigation of active vibration control of a scaled bridge tower model under artificial wind excitation. The control scheme is designed on the basis of a reduced order model of the flexible structures using the LQ control theory, with a collocation of four laser displacement sensors and two hybrid electro-magnetic actuators. The experimental results in the wind tunnel show that both the bending and the twisting vibrations covering the first five modes of the structure are controlled well.


Author(s):  
Andrea Staino ◽  
Biswajit Basu

The paper discusses some of the recent developments in vibration control strategies for wind turbines, and in this context proposes a new dual control strategy based on the combination and modification of two recently proposed control schemes. Emerging trends in the vibration control of both onshore and offshore wind turbines are presented. Passive, active and semi-active structural vibration control algorithms have been reviewed. Of the existing controllers, two control schemes, active pitch control and active tendon control, have been discussed in detail. The proposed new control scheme is a merger of active tendon control with passive pitch control, and is designed using a Pareto-optimal problem formulation. This combination of controllers is the cornerstone of a dual strategy with the feature of decoupling vibration control from optimal power control as one of its main advantages, in addition to reducing the burden on the pitch demand. This dual control strategy will bring in major benefits to the design of modern wind turbines and is expected to play a significant role in the advancement of offshore wind turbine technologies.


2013 ◽  
Vol 744 ◽  
pp. 528-531
Author(s):  
Feng Xing ◽  
Jian Guo Cao ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Chang Yong Deng

This paper analyses the active vibration control technology on the piezoelectric ceramics car-body pieces in fuzzy control Strategy. Adaptive controllers, based on fuzzy logics, are synthesized for the control of vibration of body structure. Piezoelectric element, control system and body structure have been combined to be a intelligent response system to external drive and it’s own vibration. This system can effect reducing body structure’s reaction from environmental load with external energy. The availability of the control strategy has been confirmed by experiments.


Author(s):  
Y. Yun ◽  
Y. Li

In recent years, many applications in precision engineering require a careful isolation of the instrument from the vibration sources by adopting active vibration isolation system to achieve a very low remaining vibration level, especially for the very low frequency under 10 Hz vibration signals. This paper presents a 3-PUPU dual parallel manipulator for both rough positioning and active vibration isolation in a wide-range workspace based on our previous research experiences in the systematical modeling and study of parallel robots. The manipulator is designed as a kind of macro/micro hybrid robot. Both the kinematics model for macro motion and dynamics model for micro motion are established by using stiffness equation and the Kane’s method, respectively. An active vibration control strategy is described by using the H2 method. Moreover, numerical simulations on the inverse solution for macro motion, workspace, and the active vibration control effects are performed at the end of this paper.


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