Investigations of a piezoelectric metastructure using negative-resistance circuits to enhance the bandgap performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632110105
Author(s):  
Yisheng Zheng ◽  
Junxian Zhang ◽  
Yegao Qu ◽  
Guang Meng

The local-resonance bandgap performance of piezoelectric metastructures could be deteriorated by the inherent resistance existing in the piezoelectric patches and the inductors of shunting circuits. In this article, we propose to use negative-resistance circuits to cancel the inherent electrical resistance and therefore enhance vibration reduction performance in the bandgap. The physical model of the piezoelectric metastructure with negative-resistance shunting circuits is firstly illustrated, followed by analyzing its wave dispersion relations and frequency response functions. The enhanced bandgap performance of the piezoelectric metastructure facilitated by negative-resistance circuits is verified with the analytical results. Last, an experimental setup of the piezoelectric metastructure is built. The experimental results demonstrate that the vibration suppression performance in the bandgap is significantly increased by using negative-resistance circuits, and a higher value of negative resistance could lead to larger vibration reduction. Overall, the results of this article provide a novel means to enhance the local-resonance bandgap performance of piezoelectric metastructures.

Author(s):  
J E Mottershead ◽  
M Ghandchi Tehrani ◽  
S James ◽  
P Court

This article describes the practical application of a vibration control technique, developed by the authors and known as the receptance method, to the AgustaWestland W30 helicopter airframe in the vibration test house at Yeovil. The experimental work was carried out over a total of 5 days in two visits to the Yeovil site during February and March 2011. In the experiments, existing electro-hydraulic actuators were used; they were built into the airframe structure and originally designed for vibration suppression by the methodology known as active control of structural response developed at the AgustaWestland Helicopters site in Yeovil. Accelerometers were placed at a large number of points around the airframe and an initial open-loop modal test was carried out. In a subsequent test, at higher actuator input voltage, considerable non-linearity was discovered, to the extent that the ordering of certain modes had changed. The vibration modes were, in general, heavily damped. Control was implemented using measured frequency response functions obtained at the higher input level. After acquiring the necessary measurements, simulations were carried out and the controller was implemented using MATLAB/Simulink and dSPACE. The closed-loop poles were mostly assigned with small real parts so that the system would be lightly damped and sharp peaks would be clearly apparent in the measured closed-loop frequency response functions. Locations of the open- and closed-loop poles in the complex s-plane were obtained to verify that the required assignment of poles had taken place.


Author(s):  
W. Schünemann ◽  
R. Schelenz ◽  
G. Jacobs ◽  
W. Vocaet

AbstractThe aim of a transfer path analysis (TPA) is to view the transmission of vibrations in a mechanical system from the point of excitation over interface points to a reference point. For that matter, the Frequency Response Functions (FRF) of a system or the Transmissibility Matrix is determined and examined in conjunction with the interface forces at the transfer path. This paper will cover the application of an operational TPA for a wind turbine model. In doing so the path contribution of relevant transfer paths are made visible and can be optimized individually.


1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 509-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Morgan ◽  
C. Pierre ◽  
G. M. Hulbert

This paper demonstrates how to calculate Craig-Bampton component mode synthesis matrices from measured frequency response functions. The procedure is based on a modified residual flexibility method, from which the Craig-Bampton CMS matrices are recovered, as presented in the companion paper, Part I (Morgan et al., 1998). A system of two coupled beams is analyzed using the experimentally-based method. The individual beams’ CMS matrices are calculated from measured frequency response functions. Then, the two beams are analytically coupled together using the test-derived matrices. Good agreement is obtained between the coupled system and the measured results.


Author(s):  
S. Y. Chen ◽  
M. S. Ju ◽  
Y. G. Tsuei

Abstract A frequency-domain technique to extract the normal mode from the measurement data for highly coupled structures is developed. The relation between the complex frequency response functions and the normal frequency response functions is derived. An algorithm is developed to calculate the normal modes from the complex frequency response functions. In this algorithm, only the magnitude and phase data at the undamped natural frequencies are utilized to extract the normal mode shapes. In addition, the developed technique is independent of the damping types. It is only dependent on the model of analysis. Two experimental examples are employed to illustrate the applicability of the technique. The effects due to different measurement locations are addressed. The results indicate that this technique can successfully extract the normal modes from the noisy frequency response functions of a highly coupled incomplete system.


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