Vibration control through passive constrained layer damping and active control

Margaretha J. Lam; Daniel J. Inman; William R. Saunders

doi:10.1117/12.274189

9 May 1997 Vibration control through passive constrained layer damping and active control

Margaretha J. Lam, Daniel J. Inman, William R. Saunders

Proceedings Volume 3045, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Passive Damping and Isolation; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274189
Event: Smart Structures and Materials '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

To add damping to systems, viscoelastic materials (VEM) are added to structures. In order to enhance the damping effects of the VEM, a constraining layer is attached. When this constraining layer is an active element, the treatment is called active constrained layer damping (ACLD). Recently, the investigation of ACLD treatments has shown it to be an effective method of vibration suppression. In this paper, the treatment of a beam with a separate active element and passive constrained layer (PCLD) element is investigated. A Ritz- Galerkin approach is used to obtain discretized equations of motion. The damping is modeled using the GHM method and the system is analyzed in the time domain. By optimizing on the performance and control effort for both the active and passive case, it is shown that this treatment is capable of lower control effort with more inherent damping, and is therefore a better approach to damp vibration.

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Margaretha J. Lam, Daniel J. Inman, and William R. Saunders "Vibration control through passive constrained layer damping and active control", Proc. SPIE 3045, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Passive Damping and Isolation, (9 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274189

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